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Elevated Cardiac Troponin Levels in Patients With Submassive Pulmonary Embolism

James D. Douketis, Mark Crowther, Eric Stanton, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg

Archives of Internal Medicine · 2002 · 126 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Pulmonary embolism should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with undifferentiated chest pain or dyspnea and an elevated cardiac troponin level.

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