Usefulness of clinical variables, echocardiography, and levels of brain natriuretic peptide and norepinephrine to distinguish systolic and diastolic causes of acute heart failure

Am J Cardiol. 2003 May 1;91(9):1140-3. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00170-x.

Authors

Craig S Vinch¹, Gerard P Aurigemma, Jeffrey C Hill, William H Gaasch, Gregory Volturo, Dennis A Tighe, Theo E Meyer

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.

PMID: 12714167
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00170-x

No abstract available

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Diastole
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Female
Heart Failure / blood
Heart Failure / diagnosis*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Hemodynamics
Humans
Male
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood*
Norepinephrine / blood*
Reference Values
Stroke Volume
Systole

Substances

Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
Norepinephrine