Troponin T elevation in acute aortic syndromes: Frequency and impact on diagnostic delay and misdiagnosis

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 61-71

  Vagnarelli, Fabio ^a   Corsini, Anna ^a   Bugani, Giulia ^a   Lorenzini, Massimiliano ^a   Longhi, Simone ^a   Bacchi Reggiani, Maria Letizia ^a   Biagini, Elena ^a   Graziosi, Maddalena ^a   Cinti, Laura ^a   Norscini, Giulia ^a   Taglieri, Nevio ^a   Semprini, Franco ^a   Nanni, Samuele ^a   Pasquale, Ferdinando ^a   Rocchi, Guido ^a   Melandri, Giovanni ^a   Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^b   Rapezzi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; delay; outcome; troponin T

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTIC DISEASES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; BIOMARKERS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85050577608     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872615590146     Document Type: Article

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