Open AccessAcute changes in N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide induced by dobutamine stress echocardiography
Author(s) -
Ilias Karabinos,
Eleni Karvouni,
Nikolaos Chiotinis,
Anastasios Papadopoulos,
P SIMEONIDIS,
Orestes Tsolas,
Demosthenes G. Katritsis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1016/j.euje.2006.06.003
Subject(s) - medicine , natriuretic peptide , ejection fraction , ischemia , cardiology , dobutamine , coronary artery disease , brain natriuretic peptide , hemodynamics , heart failure
Aim of the study was to determine the effect of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE)-induced ischemia on circulating levels of N-terminal fragment of B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP).
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