Brain natriuretic peptide in diagnosis and treatment of heart failure

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-185

  Bhatia, Vishal ^a   Nayyar, R ^b   Dhindsa, S ^b  

^a Mercy Hospital of Buffalo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive cardic failure; Natriuretic peptides; Nesiritide

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MILRINONE; NESIRITIDE; NEUROHORMONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME;

HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN;

EID: 0041629024     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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