Cardiac troponin T: Its role in the diagnosis of clinically suspected acute myocarditis and chronic dilated cardiomyopathy in children

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 531-535

  Soongswang, J ^a   Durongpisitkul, K ^a   Ratanarapee, S ^a   Leowattana, W ^a   Nana, A ^a   Laohaprasitiporn, D ^a   Akaniroj, S ^a   Limpimwong, N ^a   Kangkagate, C ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin T; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE MB; ISOENZYME; TROPONIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MYOCARDITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85047688330     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00021005     Document Type: Article

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