Use of troponin to diagnose periprocedural myocardial infarction: effect on composite endpoints in t...
Use of troponin to diagnose periprocedural myocardial infarction: effect on composite endpoints in the British Bifurcation Coronary Study (BBC ONE)
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London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
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BackgroundPeriprocedural myocardial infarction (PMI; ESC/ACC type 4a) is diagnosed on the basis of elevation of cardiac enzymes more than three times the 99th centile upper reference limit. Recent guidelines recommend the use of troponin instead of creatine kinase (CK) to diagnose PMI, but this assay increases diagnostic sensitivity, while the clin...
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Use of troponin to diagnose periprocedural myocardial infarction: effect on composite endpoints in the British Bifurcation Coronary Study (BBC ONE)
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1039200797
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1039200797
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1355-6037
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1468-201X
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10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302211
