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Meta-Analysis
. 2021 Jan;93(1):51-55.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26108. Epub 2020 Jun 19.

Myocardial injury characterized by elevated cardiac troponin and in-hospital mortality of COVID-19: An insight from a meta-analysis

Tadao Aikawa  1 , Hisato Takagi  2 , Kiyotake Ishikawa  1 , Toshiki Kuno  3
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Meta-Analysis

Myocardial injury characterized by elevated cardiac troponin and in-hospital mortality of COVID-19: An insight from a meta-analysis

Tadao Aikawa et al. J Med Virol. 2021 Jan.
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Myocardial injury and mortality in patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019. Elevated high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs‐cTn) levels were associated with increased mortality. CI, confidence interval; IV, inverse variance weighted random‐effects models
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