Usefulness of Acoustic Cardiography to Resolve Ambiguous Values of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients With Suspected Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 866-869

  Zuber, Michel ^a   Kipfer, Peter ^a   Attenhofer Jost, Christine H ^b  

^a Kantonsspital Frauenfeld   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIK IM PARK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACOUSTIC CARDIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; Q WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEART SOUNDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34548016114     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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