Pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a marker of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: A case report

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 277, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-440

  Franz, Maximilian B ^a   Guenthner Biller, Maria M ^a   Kainer, Franz ^a   Schiessl, Barbara ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

NT proBNP; Pregnancy; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 41549131288     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0468-4     Document Type: Article

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