Evaluation of postmortem measurement of NT-proBNP as a marker for cardiac function

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 415-420

  Michaud, Katarzyna ^a   Augsburger, Marc ^a   Donzé, Nicolas ^b   Sabatasso, Sara ^a   Faouzi, Mohamed ^c   Bollmann, Marc ^a   Mangin, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary ischemia; Forensic autopsy; Heart failure; Natriuretic peptides; NT proBNP

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SERUM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; ORGAN SIZE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PERICARDIUM; SEX FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 50849108832     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0257-z     Document Type: Article

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