Measurement of human brain natriuretic peptide in patients with Chagas' disease;Determinação do peptídeo natriurético cerebral humano em portadores da doença de Chagas

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-140

  De Melo, Railton Bezerra ^a,b   De Oliveira Parente, Giordano Bruno ^a,b   Victor, Edgar Guimarães ^a,b  

^a UFP ^*  (Brazil)

^b UFP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral natriuretic peptide; Chagas' disease; Congestive heart failure; Natriuretic peptides

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY; SYSTOLE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 15244344940     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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