Published in Hospital Law Weekly, March 8th, 2007
Study 1: Investigators publish new data in the report "Elevated troponin level is not synonymous with myocardial infarction. Elevated troponin I in the absence of angiographically visible coronary lesions is seen in up to 10-15% of those undergoing angiography for suspected coronary artery disease. This study aims to elucidate the etiology of elevated cardiac troponin I in patients with normal coronary arteries on angiography," scientists in the United States report.
"We identified 1551 (8.6%) patients with normal coronary arteries from our catheterization database of...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2007-03-08)
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