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Is there a clinical need to measure the cardiac troponin I concentration before major abdominal surgery in high-risk patients?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2006

G. Boccara ,
P. Coriat  and
P. Colson
G. Boccara
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly, France
P. Coriat
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University Hospital of Pitié-Salpétrière Paris, France
P. Colson
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University Hospital of Montpellier Montpellier, France
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 173 - 175
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© 2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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