N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as an Indicator of Disease Severity in a Heterogeneous Group of Patients With Chronic Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 525-529

  Andreassen, Arne K ^a   Wergeland, Ragnhild ^a   Simonsen, Svein ^a   Geiran, Odd ^a   Guevara, Cecilia ^a   Ueland, Thor ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NIFEDIPINE; OXYGEN; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTANOID; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746698900     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.02.061     Document Type: Article

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