Diagnosis and assessment of the heart failure patient: The cornerstone of effective management

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 303-308

  Dickstein, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Effective management; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NOMENCLATURE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 13844299132     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.01.003     Document Type: Review

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