Use of Amino-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide to Guide Outpatient Therapy of Patients With Chronic Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction - Januzzi, James L.; Rehman, Shafiq U.; Mohammed, Asim A.; Bhardwaj, Anju; Barajas, Linda; Barajas, Justine; Kim, Han-Na; Baggish, Aaron L.; Weiner, Rory B.; Chen-Tournoux, Annabel; Marshall, Jane E.; Moore, Stephanie A.; et al. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2011)
Keywords: Acute coronary syndromes; Aged; Ambulatory Care; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Chronic Disease; Diuretics; Drug dosages; Drug therapy; Female; Heart; Heart attacks; Heart failure; Heart Failure - blood; Heart Failure - diagnostic imaging; Heart Failure - therapy; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Hospitalization; Humans; Internal Medicine; Ischemia; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood; natriuretic peptides; outcomes; Peptide Fragments - blood; Peptides; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Standard of Care; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - blood; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - therapy; heart failure; natriuretic peptides; NT-proBNP; outcomes; GEE; SOC; LVSD; LV; HFpEF; HF; QOL; amino-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide; generalized estimating equations; standard of care; left ventricular systolic dysfunction; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; left ventricular; quality of life; Human; Guide; Peptides; Use; Cardiovascular disease; Patient; Heart ventricle; Left ventricular failure; Terminal; Chronic; Type; Treatment; Heart disease; Ambulatory; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Left ventricle performance