Clinical significance of blood brain natriuretic peptide level measurement in the detection of heart disease in untreated outpatients: Comparison of electrocardiography, chest radiography and echocardiography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 122-126

  Ogawa, Kenichi ^a   Oida, Akitugu ^a   Sugimura, Hiroyuki ^a   Kaneko, Noboru ^a   Nogi, Noriko ^a   Hasumi, Motonari ^a   Numao, Toshiyuki ^a   Nagao, Ichirou ^a   Mori, Shouji ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood brain natriuretic peptide; Cost benefit analysis; Heart disease; Predictive characteristics

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART WORK; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OUTPATIENTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036236263     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.66.122     Document Type: Article

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