B-type natriuretic peptide is related to left ventricular mass in hypertensive patients but not in athletes

Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 113-115

  Almeida, Susana S ^a   Azevedo, Ana ^a   Castro, Alice ^a   Friões, Fernando ^a   Freitas, João ^a   Ferreira, António ^a   Bettencourt, Paulo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Athletes; B type natriuretic peptide; Left ventricular mass; Ventricular geometry

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; SPORTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036977158     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066319     Document Type: Article

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