Confounding factors in the relation between high sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels in serum and infarct size of patients with first ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: c.m.cobbaert@lumc.nl.
Christa M
CM
Cobbaert
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Marianne
M
Bootsma
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Helèn
H
Boden
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Tarek A
TA
Ahmed
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Georgette E
GE
Hoogslag
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Fred P
FP
Romijn
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Bart E
BE
Ballieux
Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Ron
R
Wolterbeek
BioPartner Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Wim T
WT
Hermens
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Martin J
MJ
Schalij
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Arnoud
A
van der Laarse
D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*
C545568:TNNT2 protein, human; D020107:Troponin T
Acute myocardial infarction; Creatine kinase; High sensitivity cardiac troponin T; Infarct size; Renal function; Reperfusion