Utility of Amino-Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide Testing for Prediction of 1-Year Mortality in Patients With Dyspnea Treated in the Emergency Department
Author(s) -
James L. Januzzi,
Rahul Sakhuja,
Michelle L. O’Donoghue,
Aaron L. Baggish,
Saif Anwaruddin,
Claudia U. Chae,
Renee Cameron,
Daniel G. Krauser,
Roderick Tung,
Carlos A. Camargo,
Donald M. LloydJones
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.3.315
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , natriuretic peptide , confidence interval , emergency department , decile , cardiology , receiver operating characteristic , heart failure , n terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide , triage , brain natriuretic peptide , emergency medicine , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry
Amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is useful for diagnosis and triage of patients with dyspnea, but its role for predicting outcomes in such patients remains undefined.
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