Combined utility of brain natriuretic peptide and cardiac troponine T may improve rapid triage and risk stratification in normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-166

  Tulevski, Igor I ^a   Wolde, Marye ten ^a   van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^b   Mulder, Jasper W M ^a   van der Wall, Ernst E ^c   Büller, Harry R ^a   Mulder, Barbara J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary embolism; Brain natriuretic peptide; Cardiac troponine T

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAGE; TROPONIN T; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33846898466     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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