Changes in Plasma N-Terminal proBNP Levels and Ventricular Filling Pressures During Intensive Unloading Therapy in Elderly With Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Systolic Function

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 608-615

  Cioffi, Giovanni ^a   Tarantini, Luigi ^b   Stefenelli, Carlo ^a   Azzetti, Giordano ^c   Marco, Russo ^c   Carlucci, Sergio ^a   Furlanello, Francesco ^a  

^a Villa Bianca Hospital   (Italy)

^b SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Adige Clinical Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain natriuretic peptide; Chronic heart failure; Elderly population; Unloading therapy; Ventricular filling pressure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIURETICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUROSEMIDE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NITROPRUSSIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SYSTOLE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 33749429825     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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