Usefulness of Intermediate Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Acute Heart Failure - van Kimmenade, Roland R.J.; Pinto, Yigal M.; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Lainchbury, John G.; Richards, A. Mark; Januzzi, James L. (The American journal of cardiology, 2006)
Keywords: Acute Disease; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - blood; Cardiology. Vascular system; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart; Heart failure; Heart Failure - blood; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - mortality; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Humans; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical prognosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood; Odds Ratio; Peptide Fragments - blood; Peptides; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Protein Precursors; Severity of Illness Index; Survival Rate; Heart failure; Brain natriuretic peptide; Prognosis; Heart disease; Acute; Cardiovascular disease; Circulatory system; Concentration; Diagnosis; Cardiology; Phlebology; Aminoacid sequence