The diagnostic value of physical examination and additional testing in primary care patients with suspected heart failure

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 2865-2873

  Kelder, Johannes C ^a,c,d   Cramer, Maarten J ^b   Van Wijngaarden, Jan ^d   Van Tooren, Rob ^c,d   Mosterd, Arend ^a,b,d,e   Moons, Karel G M ^a   Lammers, Jan W ^b   Cowie, Martin R ^f,g   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a  

^a Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Heart failure; Natriuretic peptides; Primary care; Tests

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BEAT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; VENOUS PRESSURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OUTPATIENTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84155167796     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.019216     Document Type: Review

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