American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 1 , Pages 9-13 , 1 July 2009

Frequency of Elevated Troponin I and Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction

  • Usman Javed, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California
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  • Waqas Aftab, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California
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  • John A. Ambrose, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 559-459-3872; fax: 559-459-2358
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  • Ralph J. Wessel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California
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  • Mouatou Mouanoutoua, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California
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  • Grace Huang, DO

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California
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  • Rajat S. Barua, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California
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  • Michael Weilert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, California
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  • Fridolin Sy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California
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  • Deepak Thatai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California

Received 26 January 2009 ,Revised 1 March 2009 ,Accepted 1 March 2009.

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PII: S0002-9149(09)00671-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.003

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 1 , Pages 9-13 , 1 July 2009

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