Role of serum and pleural fluid NT-proBNP levels in identifying pleural effusion due to heart failure;Ruolo dei livelli di NT-proBNP nel siero e nel liquido pleurico per identificare i versamenti pleurici indotti da insufficienza cardiaca

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Bayram, Mehmet ^a   Ozkan, Gulcihan ^a   Oztekin, Erkan ^b   Bakan, Nur Dilek ^a   Acikmese, Baris ^a   Bes, Senem ^a   Gur, Aygun ^a   Camsari, Gungor ^a  

^a Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Natriuretic peptides; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349164351     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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