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Can creatine kinase MB levels predict mortality after cardiac surgery?

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The synopsis was written by Hannah Camm, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Professor of Medicine and consultant in Cardiology and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Allan S Jaffe

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AS Jaffe is a consultant and receives or has received research support from a large number of companies that make creatine kinase MB and troponin assays.

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Jaffe, A. Can creatine kinase MB levels predict mortality after cardiac surgery?. Nat Rev Cardiol 2, 280–281 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0218

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