Rapid assay of plasma brain natriuretic peptide in the assessment of acute dyspnoea

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1039, 1997, Pages 71-74

  Fleischer, Dominic ^a   Espiner, Eric A ^a   Yandle, Timothy G ^a   Livesey, John H ^a   Billings, Josh ^a   Town, Ian ^a   Richards, A Mark ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0031567035     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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