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Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 7/2017

01-10-2017 | CE - Clinical Notes

Five steps for use and interpretation of troponin in the Emergency Department

Authors: Ludovico Furlan, Anna Maria Rusconi, Elisa Ceriani

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 7/2017

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Troponin (Tn) is a protein complex formed by three isoforms, TnI, TnT and TnC, involved in muscle contraction that is present at high concentration in heart muscle. …
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Metadata
Title
Five steps for use and interpretation of troponin in the Emergency Department
Authors
Ludovico Furlan
Anna Maria Rusconi
Elisa Ceriani
Publication date
01-10-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1699-4

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