Direct Comparison of Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C With Cardiac Troponins for the Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Thomas E Kaier,
Raphael Twerenbold,
Christian Puelacher,
Jack Marjot,
Nazia Imambaccus,
Jasper Boeddinghaus,
Thomas Nestelberger,
Patrick Badertscher,
Zaid Sabti,
María Rubini Giménez,
Karin Wildi,
Petra Hillinger,
Karin Grimm,
Sarah Loeffel,
Samyut Shrestha,
Dayana Flores,
Janosch Cupa,
Nikola Kozhuharov,
Óscar Miró,
Francisco Javier MartínSánchez,
Beata Morawiec,
Katharina Rentsch,
Jens Lohrmann,
Wanda Kloos,
Stefan Osswald,
Tobias Reichlin,
Ekkehard Weber,
Michael Marber,
Christian Mueller
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.117.028084
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , troponin , troponin i
Cardiac myosin-binding protein C (cMyC) is a cardiac-restricted protein that is more abundant than cardiac troponins (cTn) and is released more rapidly after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We evaluated cMyC as an adjunct or alternative to cTn in the early diagnosis of AMI.
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