Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages e85-e89 , May 2011

Single measurement of troponin T for early prediction of infarct size, congestive heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension in an animal model of myocardial infarction

  • Bao Hua Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Quang Trinh Nguyen

      Affiliations

    • Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Jean-Claude Tardif

      Affiliations

    • Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Yanfen Shi

      Affiliations

    • Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Jocelyn Dupuis

      Affiliations

    • Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1T 1C8. Tel.: +1 514 376 3330x3542; fax: +1 514 376 1355.

Received 20 October 2009 ,Revised 11 March 2010 ,Accepted 20 April 2010.

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 This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the “Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal”.

PII: S1054-8807(10)00064-5

doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.04.005

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages e85-e89 , May 2011

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