A sensitive cardiac troponin T assay in stable coronary artery disease.

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Published in N Engl J Med on November 25, 2009

Authors

Torbjørn Omland1, James A de Lemos, Marc S Sabatine, Costas A Christophi, Madeline Murguia Rice, Kathleen A Jablonski, Solve Tjora, Michael J Domanski, Bernard J Gersh, Jean L Rouleau, Marc A Pfeffer, Eugene Braunwald, Prevention of Events with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition (PEACE) Trial Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway. torbjorn.omland@medisin.uio.no

Associated clinical trials:

Prevention of Events With Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy (PEACE) | NCT00000558

Does Ranolazine Decrease Biomarkers of Myocardial Damage in Diabetics | NCT02611596

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