Investigating suspected heart failure

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7907, 2013, Pages

  Kotecha, Tushar ^a   Fox, Kevin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN;

EID: 84878339020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2442     Document Type: Article

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