Utility of natriuretic peptide testing in the evaluation and management of acute decompensated heart failure

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-291

  Chiong, Jun R ^a   Jao, Geoffrey T ^b   Adams Jr , Kirkwood F ^c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Natriuretic peptides; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77956146997     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-009-9141-2     Document Type: Review

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