Case report: Recurrent heart failure with preserved ejection fraction but markedly elevated BNP in a 51-year-old female on hemodialysis with oversized AV fistula

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 429-430

  Jin, Hui ^a   Afonso, Luis ^a   Singh, Atul ^a   Migdal, Stephen ^a   Spears, James R ^a  

^a DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; B type natriuretic peptide; Heart failure; High output

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; RECURRENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33744785115     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.062     Document Type: Article

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