Open AccessPlasma adrenomedullin, a new independent predictor of prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure
Author(s) -
Françoise Pousset
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1999.1904
Subject(s) - adrenomedullin , medicine , heart failure , cardiology , ejection fraction , brain natriuretic peptide , blood pressure , natriuretic peptide , vasodilation , endothelin receptor , endocrinology , receptor
Adrenomedullin, a potent endogenous vasodilating and natriuretic peptide, may play an important role in the pathophysiology of chronic heart failure. Plasma levels of immunoreactive adrenomedullin were examined for prediction of prognosis in chronic heart failure.
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