Troponin elevation in sepsis: when numbers mislead and clinical context matters

Wojciech Szczeklik; Wojciech Skupnik

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Troponin elevation in sepsis: when numbers mislead and clinical context matters

Wojciech Szczeklik

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Wojciech Skupnik

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Centre for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Adv Interv Cardiol 2025; 21, 4 (82): 473–474

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.158113

Online publish date: 2025/12/22

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Troponin elevation in sepsis: when numbers mislead and clinical context matters

Wojciech Szczeklik 1 , Wojciech Skupnik 1

Wojciech Szczeklik

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,

Wojciech Skupnik

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