Establishing a diagnosis of pleural effusion due to heart failure

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-473

  Porcel, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GOLD STANDARD; HEART FAILURE; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 65649086737     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01532.x     Document Type: Editorial

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