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Am J Cardiol
; 92(12): 1442-4, 2003 Dec 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14675582
ABSTRACT
In patients with troponin-negative acute coronary syndromes, creatine kinase (CK)-MB elevation predicts a significantly higher risk of death and major acute cardiac events compared with CK-MB negative patients. This risk is accentuated in troponin-negative, CK-MB positive patients who do not demonstrate ST elevation by electrocardiogram.