Electrocardiogram and B-type natriuretic peptide as screening tools for left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a population-based sample of 75-year-old men and women

American Heart Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 524-529

  Hedberg, Pär ^a   Lönnberg, Ingemar ^a   Jonason, Tommy ^a   Nilsson, Göran ^b   Pehrsson, Kenneth ^c   Ringqvist, Ivar ^d  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 4644308806     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.03.034     Document Type: Article

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