Chf: effects of cardiac rehabilitation and brain natriuretic peptide

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 36-39

  Ford, Cathy M ^a   Pruitt, Rosanne ^a   Parker, Veronica ^a   Reimels, Elaine ^a  

^a Tri County Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 2142651714     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006205-200403000-00005     Document Type: Article

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