Differential diagnosis of elevated troponins
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Elevated cardiac troponins: the ultimate marker for myocardial necrosis, but not without a differential diagnosis.
Cardiac troponins are released from myocytes following myocardial damage and loss of membrane integrity. Their significance when diagnosing acute myocardial infarction is immense, e.g., their high sensitivity and specificity for myocardial tissue, the prognostic information they bear, and their role in risk stratification and therapeutic decisions. However, one cannot fully and blindly rely on ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.071282