Pre-admission NT-proBNP improves diagnostic yield and risk stratification – the NT-proBNP for EValuation of dyspnoeic patients in the Emergency Room and hospital (BNP4EVER) study

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-108

  Meisel, Simcha R ^a   Januzzi, James l ^b   Medvedovski, Margarita ^a   Sharist, Moshe ^c   Shochat, Michael ^a   Ashkar, Jalal ^a   Peschansky, Pavel ^a   Haim, Shmuel Bar ^c   Blondheim, David S ^a   Glikson, Michael ^d   Shotan, Avraham ^a  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; diagnosis; dyspnoea; NT proBNP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924046222     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872612447049     Document Type: Article

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