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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is a biomarker for atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematous patients: a cross-sectional controlled study

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) patients. The Framingham score underestimates the risk for CVD in this population. Our study aimed to determine whether serum high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (HS-cTnT) might help to identify...

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Autores principales: Divard, Gillian, Abbas, Rachid, Chenevier-Gobeaux, Camille, Chanson, Noémie, Escoubet, Brigitte, Chauveheid, Marie-Paule, Dossier, Antoine, Papo, Thomas, Dehoux, Monique, Sacre, Karim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28610589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-017-1352-7