American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 5 , Pages 814-820 , May 2002

Cardiac troponin T levels are associated with poor short- and long-term prognosis in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema

Received 17 April 2001 ,Accepted 7 September 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Eduardo Roque Perna, MD, Coronary Intensive Care Unit, Instituto de Cardiología Juana F. Cabral, Bolivar 1334, Corrientes, 3400 Argentina.

☆☆ E-mail: pernaucic@hotmail.com

PII: S0002-8703(02)23926-5

doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.120152

American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 5 , Pages 814-820 , May 2002

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