Utility of copeptin in acute myocardial infarction

• Main Authors: Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna, Darul Ridzuan, Ilyas Syafiq, Chellappah Thambiah, Subashini, Hasan, Md. Shariful
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Community Health Society Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35952/1/Utility%20of%20copeptin%20in%20acute%20myocardial%20infarction.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35952/; http://publichealthmy.org/ejournal/ojs2/index.php/ijphcs/article/view/187

Copeptin, a surrogate marker for vasopressin, is increased immediately following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In several studies, using a single multi-marker strategy, copeptin in combination with either conventional or high-sensitive troponin drawn at presentation of patients with AMI was...