Elevated high-sensitive cardiac troponin T levels are associated with low skeletal muscle mass in abdominal surgical oncology patients at risk for coronary artery disease

  • Jeroen L A van Vugt*
  • , Djamila Boerma
  • , Ineke M Dijkstra
  • , Thomas L Bollen
  • , Frank D Eefting
  • , Jan N M IJzermans
  • , Peter G Noordzij
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)229-230
Number of pages2
JournalInternational Journal of Cardiology
Volume191
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Abdominal Neoplasms/blood
  • Biomarkers/blood
  • Cachexia/blood
  • Cohort Studies
  • Coronary Artery Disease/blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Strength/physiology
  • Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
  • Risk Factors
  • Troponin T/blood

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