Causes of Troponin Elevation and Associated Mortality in Young Patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 284-292.e1

  Wu, Candace ^a   Singh, Avinainder ^a   Collins, Bradley ^a   Fatima, Amber ^a   Qamar, Arman ^b   Gupta, Ankur ^a   Hainer, Jon ^a   Klein, Josh ^a   Jarolim, Petr ^a   Di Carli, Marcelo ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^c   Bhatt, Deepak L ^b   Blankstein, Ron ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac contusion; cardiac troponin; cardiomyopathy; end stage renal disease; myocardial infarction; myocarditis; myositis; pulmonary embolism; rhabdomyolysis; seizure; stroke; subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOSITIS; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THORAX INJURY; AGE; BLOOD; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC INJURIES; TROPONIN;

EID: 85040376825     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.10.026     Document Type: Article

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