Contribution of natriuretic peptide testing and Doppler echocardiography at bedside to the diagnosis of acute heart failure. A practical overview

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 385-394

  Arques, S ^a  

^a Aubagne Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography, doppler; Heart failure; Natriuretic peptides

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867530111     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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