title: Is early assessment of cardiac troponin I a valuable predictor of mortality after cardiac surgery?
authors.affiliation: University of Ioannina, Medical School, Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tzimas
authors.forename: Nikolaos G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Baikoussis
authors.forename: Kallirroi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kalantzi
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019210:Troponin I