Author/Authors :
Yee، نويسنده , , Kimberly C. and Mukherjee، نويسنده , , Debabrata and Smith، نويسنده , , Dean E. and Kline-Rogers، نويسنده , , Eva M. and Fang، نويسنده , , Jianming and Mehta، نويسنده , , Rajendra H. and Almanaseer، نويسنده , , Yassar and Akhras، نويسنده , , Eyad and Cooper، نويسنده , , Jeanna V. and Eagle، نويسنده , , Kim A.، نويسنده ,
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.