Cardiac Markers, An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
Author | : Kent Balanis Lewandrowski |
Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2014-03-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780323287111 |
ISBN-13 | : 0323287115 |
Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Topics in this clinically focused publication devoted to Cardiac Markers include: Overview of cardiac markers in heart disease; Methodologies for measurement of cardiac markers; Natriuretic peptides in HF and ACS; Tropoinins and high sensitivity troponins; Point-of-care testing for cardiac markers; ST-2 and galectin 3 in patients with heart failure; Cardiac markers following heart surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention; Cholesterol, lipoproteins, high sensitivity CRP and other risk factors for atherosclerosis; Myocarditis and cardiac transplant and rejection; New molecular genetic tests in the diagnosis of heart disease; Biomarkers for cholesterol balance.