Troponin-I is not falsely elevated in asymptomatic dialysis patients

Dialysis patients with troponin-I levels above the cut-off value diagnostic for acute myocardial event (AME) are sometimes labeled as having "renal cause" of elevated troponin-I. Patients with troponin-I levels above 0.0 ng/mL, but below the cut-off level for an AME, are reported to have i...

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Main Authors: Magdi M Hussein, Jaap M Mooij, Najla Al Malki, Tarek M Demerdash, Abdullah Y Mandourah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2013;volume=24;issue=1;spage=48;epage=53;aulast=Hussein