What does elevated high-sensitive troponin i in stroke patients mean: Concomitant acute myocardial infarction or a marker for high-risk patients?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-217

  Anders, B ^a   Alonso, A ^a   Artemis, D ^a   Schafer A ^a   Ebert, A ^a   Kablau, M ^a   Fluechter, S ^a   Findeisen, P ^a   Hennerici, M G ^a   Fatar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Biomarker; Coronary artery disease; Stroke; Troponin I

Indexed keywords

HIGH SENSITIVE TROPONIN I; TROPONIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN AMIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84886377655     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353875     Document Type: Article

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