Cardiology
Blood Test Helps Identify Heart Patients At Risk of Dying
Published in Blood Weekly, November 18th, 1996
An international research team led by Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Durham, North Carolina, reported the data, which were published in the October 31, 1996, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The study, conducted in 96 hospitals in the United States and Canada, showed that the "troponin T" test is a powerful indicator of how injured a heart is, especially when used in patients who don't show clear evidence of trouble from standard electrocardiography (EKG)...
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