Elevations of B-type natriuretic peptide in pulmonary embolism: A case series

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 415-420

  Bilkovski, Robert N ^a   Kulstad, Erik B ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B Type Natriuretic Peptide; BNP; Cardiac hormone; Heart failure; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345275961     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2003.01.002     Document Type: Article

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