B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of cardiac disease in elderly day hospital patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-301

  Hutcheon, Stuart D ^a   Gillespie, Neil D ^a   Struthers, Allan D ^a   McMurdo, Marion E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Day hospital; Electrocardiography; Natriuretic peptides

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY HOSPITAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0036049488     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.4.295     Document Type: Article

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