Admission B-type natriuretic peptide retains prognostic value in patients with acute coronary syndrome and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-460

  Casals, G ^a,b   Azzalini, L ^c   Tomas, C ^d   Marfa, S ^a,b   Morales Ruiz, M ^a,b   Heras, M ^a   Jimenez, W ^a,b   Sionis, A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; B type natriuretic peptide; Cardiac ischemia; Left ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 84863620805     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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