Serial natriuretic peptide measurements are not useful in heart failure management: The art of medicine remains long

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 509-516

  Desai, Akshay S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE; VALSARTAN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1 76); PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76);

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE MARKER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; NOTE;

HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873179075     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.120493     Document Type: Article

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