The role of BNP testing in heart failure

American Family Physician

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1893-1898

  Doust, Jenny ^a,d   Lehman, Richard ^b   Glasziou, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b University of Oxford ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845371874     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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