title: Biochemical markers in myocardial injury.
abstract: Biochemical markers are substances that are detected in body fluids or tissues that may signify a disease or other abnormality. Biochemical markers have been used to help in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction since the 1950s. The major problem with these markers is that they lack specificity for cardiac muscle as they are also elevated in many disease states and after minor muscle damage.
authors.affiliation: Bloomsburg Pa University, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gavaghan
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing*; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000097:blood; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D009211:Myoglobin; D014336:Troponin