American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 5 , Pages 760-767 , May 2002

The prognostic and therapeutic implications of increased troponin T levels and ST depression in unstable coronary artery disease: The FRISC II invasive troponin T electrocardiogram substudy

Received 25 June 2001 ,Accepted 12 November 2001.

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☆ Supported by and organized in collaboration with the Pharmacia & Upjohn Company. Project organization within the research group also supported by the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation and Uppsala County Association Against Heart and Lung Diseases.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Erik Diderholm, MD, Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Center, University Hospital, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.

★ E-mail: erik.diderholm@card.uas.lul.se

PII: S0002-8703(02)84211-9

doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.121733

American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 5 , Pages 760-767 , May 2002

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