Disease distribution and outcome in troponin-positive patients with or without revascularization in a chest pain unit: Results of the German CPU-Registry

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-40

  Illmann, Alexander ^a   Riemer, Thomas ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^c   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^d   Hamm, Christian ^e   Haude, Michael ^f   Heusch, Gerd ^g   Maier, Lars S ^h   Münzel, Thomas ⁱ   Schmitt, Claus ^j   Schumacher, Burghard ^k   Senges, Jochen ^b   Voigtländer, Thomas ^l   Mudra, Harald ^a  

^a Klinikum Neuperlach   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^f Lukaskrankenhaus GmbH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^k Westpfalz Klinikum GmbH   (Germany)

^l CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain unit; Non coronary; Outcome; Revascularization; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEST PAIN UNIT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84893115508     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-013-0619-5     Document Type: Article

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