Value of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide in the elderly: Data from the prospective Copenhagen Hospital Heart Failure study (CHHF)

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-279

  Nielsen, Olav Wendelboe ^a   Kirk, Vibeke ^b   Bay, Morten ^b   Boesgaard, Søren ^a   Nielsen, Henrik ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac examination; Major adverse cardiac events (MACE); Octogenarians

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; STREPTAVIDIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1342323329     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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