Letter in response to "Use of preoperative cardiac troponin T to identify patients at risk for acute myocardial infraction and long-term mortality after major noncardiac surgery".
Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Electronic address: nagelep@wustl.edu.
Peter
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Nagele
Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
Frank
F
Brown
Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
Brian F
BF
Gage
Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
David W
DW
Gibson
Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
J Philip
JP
Miller
Mayo Clinic and Medical School Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, MN; Division of Core Clinical Laboratory Services, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Rochester, MN.
Allan S
AS
Jaffe
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN.
Fred S
FS
Apple
Division of General Medical Sciences, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
Mitchell G
MG
Scott
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality*; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D020107:Troponin T; D014803:Vitamin B Complex