Combined use of amino terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels and QRS duration to predict left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with dyspnea

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-266

  Sakhuja, Rahul ^a   Chen, Annabel A ^a   Anwaruddin, Saif ^a   Baggish, Aaron L ^a   Januzzi Jr , James L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 22144444952     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.056     Document Type: Article

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