Assessment of cardiac troponin I in patients with pulmonary emboli and its relationship with right ventricular dysfunction

Assessment of cardiac troponin I in patients with pulmonary emboli and its relationship with right ventricular dysfunction

(Received 16 December, 2008; Accepted 27 May, 2009)AbstractBackground and purpose: Right ventricular dysfunction is common in major pulmonary embolisms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and diagnostic utility of cardiac troponin I and also to identify patients with RV dysfunc...

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Main Authors: Sasan Tavana, Yunes Panahi, Nasrollah Saed Moucheshi, Fatemeh Beiraghdar, Ebrahim Naderi3Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran, Shahram Ala, Rouhollah Habibey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Pulmonary embolism
right ventricular dysfunction
tropnin I
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