Cut-off values of B-type natriuretic peptide for the diagnosis of congestive heart failure patients with dyspnoea visiting emergency departments: A study on Korean patients visiting emergency departments

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 343-347

  Choi, Sunghyuk ^a   Park, Doyoung ^a   Lee, Sungwoo ^a   Hong, Yunsik ^a   Kim, Sujin ^a   Lee, Jaekwan ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247892198     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.041368     Document Type: Article

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