Increased B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with apical ballooning syndrome - Consecutive cases report

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-406

  Grabowski, Marcin ^a   Filipiak, Krzysztof Jerzy ^a   Malek, Lukasz Andrzej ^a   Piatkowski, Radoslaw ^a   Scislo, Piotr ^a   Karpinski, Grzegorz ^a   Opolski, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning; B type natriuretic peptide; Neurohormonal stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROGNOSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 39749126207     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.12.085     Document Type: Article

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