The challenge of the volume status assessment in heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Parrinello, Gaspare ^a   Torres, Daniele ^a   Paterna, Salvatore ^a   Di Pasquale, Pietro ^a   Mezzero, Manuela ^a   Licata, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD VOLUME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 62949164359     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.12.001     Document Type: Letter

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