Diagnostic value of cardiac troponin i in postmortem diagnosis of myocardial infarction

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-141

  Sapouna, Rallou ^a   Gourgiotis, Dimitris ^a   Athanaselis, Sotiris ^a   Papadodima, Stavroula ^a   Spiliopoulou, Chara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

cardiac troponin I; myocardial infarction; pericardial fluid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN I;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERICARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878824559     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: 1533404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3182880aa1     Document Type: Article

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