Atrial natriuretic peptides predict mortality in the elderly

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 241, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-275

  Wallén, Thomas ^a,e   Landahl, Sten ^a   Hedner, Thomas ^b   Hall, Christian ^c   Saito, Yoshihiko ^d   Nakao, Kazuwa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Vasa Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

atrial; elderly; epidemiology; mortality; natriuretic peptides

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030976212     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1997.128149000.x     Document Type: Article

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