Heart failure in the emergency department: Is B-type natriuretic peptide a better prognostic indicator than clinical assessment?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1334-1336

  Omland, Torbjrn ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TITRIMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444236558     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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