Cardiac Troponin T - From diagnosis of myocardial infarction to cardiovascular risk prediction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1653-1661

  Mueller, Matthias ^a   Vafaie, Mehrshad ^a   Biener, Moritz ^a   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cardiac troponins; Myocardial infarction; Non ACS; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE MB; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; TICAGRELOR; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84879375554     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-13-0706     Document Type: Review

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