Serial Measurement of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I and N-Terminal proB-Type Natriuretic Peptide in a Patient Presenting with Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3379-3381

  Tanada, Yohei ^a   Sato, Yukihito ^a   Sawa, Takuma ^a   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^a   Takatsu, Yoshiki ^a  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac sarcoidosis; High sensitivity cardiac troponin I

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1 76); PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76); TROPONIN I;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; SARCOIDOSIS;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SARCOIDOSIS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84878246532     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.8334     Document Type: Article

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