Incorporating common biomarkers into the clinical management of heart failure

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 450-457

  Halkar, Meghana ^a   Tang, W H Wilson ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Anemia; Azotemia; Biomarker; BNP; Creatinine; Cystatin C; e GFR; ESR; Heart failure; Heart failure management; Hyponatremia; Markers; Natriuretic peptide; NGAL; NT proBNP; Prognosis; Renal insufficiency; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BILIRUBIN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BROMOCRIPTINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; ELECTROLYTE; GALECTIN 3; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; POTASSIUM; PROLACTIN; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURETIC THERAPY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID DISEASE; UREMIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRUG MONITORING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84888028697     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-013-0165-5     Document Type: Article

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