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Falls-associated elevation of troponinlevel in an older woman with normal coronary arteries [electronic resource] /

by Luk, JKH; Mesquita, P; Carvalho, HM; Filaire, E; Teixeira, AM; Ferreira, JP; Praparpak, W.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleDescription: pp. 67-69.Online resources: Access to the full text of the article In: Asian journal of gerontology & geriatrics 2016, Vol. 11, No. 2Summary: A 75-year old woman with no history of ischaemic heart disease sustained a fall with scalp laceration. She had no chest pain. Troponin I was found to be high on admission and remained so for one day. Computed tomographic coronary angiogram was normal. She was discharged on low dose aspirin. The issue of non-ischaemic elevation of troponin is discussed.
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A 75-year old woman with no history of ischaemic heart disease sustained a fall with scalp laceration. She had no chest pain. Troponin I was found to be high on admission and remained so for one day. Computed tomographic coronary angiogram was normal. She was discharged on low dose aspirin. The issue of non-ischaemic elevation of troponin is discussed.

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