Use of brain natriuretic peptide to detect previously unknown left ventricular dysfunction in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
ContributorsGariani, Karim; Delabays, A; Perneger, Thomas; Agoritsas, Thomas
Published inSchweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, vol. 141, w13298
Publication date2011
Abstract
Keywords
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biological Markers
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Medical Audit
- Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/blood
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/physiopathology
- Retrospective Studies
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/diagnosis/physiopathology
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GARIANI, Karim et al. Use of brain natriuretic peptide to detect previously unknown left ventricular dysfunction in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In: Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, 2011, vol. 141, p. w13298. doi: 10.4414/smw.2011.13298
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- PID : unige:25655
- DOI : 10.4414/smw.2011.13298
- PMID : 22072300
Journal ISSN0036-7672
