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Analysis of Troponin I Levels After Spontaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Shocks

DOI

80

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0

References

2002

Year

Can Hasdemir, Nayyar Shah, Arun Rao, Helbert Acosta, Kagari Matsudaira, Barbara R. Neas, Dwight Reynolds, Sunny S. Po, Ralph Lazzara, Karen J. Beckman
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Abstract

Serum cTnI rises occur in the majority of patients after multiple (>3) spontaneous ICD discharges but are due to acute coronary syndrome only 14% of the time (22% of the time in patients with known coronary artery disease).