Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: NT-proBNP as a reliable parameter of a favourable prognosis?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-238

  Nef, Holger M ^a   Mollmann H ^a   Troidl, C ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Hamm, Christian ^a   Elsasser A ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

NT proBNP; Prognosis; Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 38649101243     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.225     Document Type: Article

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