Prognostic implications of myocardial creatine kinase and cardiac troponin in coronary artery bypass surgery Implicação prognóstica da creatino-quinase miocárdica e troponina na revascularização do miocárdio

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prognostic implications of myocardial creatine kinase and troponin I (cTn I) in blood samples from the coronary sinus of patients submitted to coronary artery bypass surgery both with and without ischemic preconditioning. METHODS: From October 1998 to May 1999, 35 patient...

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Main Authors: Fábio P. Taniguchi, Paulo M. Pêgo-Fernandes, Fabio B. Jatene, Karina L. Kwasnicka, Célia M. C. Strumz, Sérgio A. Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2003-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382003000300004