BNP or echocardiography for monitoring heart failure?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 1763-1764

  Sanderson, John E ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG MONITORING; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN;

EID: 4944262295     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.08.012     Document Type: Editorial

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