Circulating cardiac troponins levels and cardiac dysfunction in children with acute and fulminant viral myocarditis

@article{AlBiltagi2010CirculatingCT,
  title={Circulating cardiac troponins levels and cardiac dysfunction in children with acute and fulminant viral myocarditis},
  author={Mohammed A. Al-Biltagi and Mona Issa and Hamdi Abo Hagar and Maher Ahmed Abdel-Hafez and Nahla Abdul Aziz},
  journal={Acta P{\ae}diatrica},
  year={2010},
  volume={99}
}
Objectives:  To study the correlation between cardiac Troponins blood levels and degrees of cardiac dysfunction in children with acute and fulminant viral myocarditis and to study their prognostic role in predicting the outcomes and risk of having dilated cardiomyopathy. 
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