A difficult diagnosis: Right unilateral cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Usefulness of biochemical markers of heart failure for the correct diagnosis

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 771-774

  D'Aloia, Antonio ^a,b   Faggiano, Pompilio ^a   Brentana, Loretta ^a   Boldini, Alessandra ^a   Procopio, Roberto ^a   Racheli, Marco ^a   Dei Cas, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain natriuretic peptide; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG EDEMA; METABOLISM; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EDEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744764958     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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