Usefulness of Adjusting for Clinical Covariates to Improve the Ability of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide to Distinguish Cardiac from Noncardiac Dyspnea

Certain clinical characteristics affect brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels independently of clinical heart failure (HF). However, it is unclear how to adjust the diagnostic cutoffs of BNP for these variables. We hypothesized that adjusting for important covariates would improve the diagnostic ac...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of cardiology 2009-09, Vol.104 (5), p.689-694
Hauptverfasser:	Rogers, R. Kevin, MD, Stoddard, Gregory J., MPH, Greene, Tom, PhD, Michaels, Andrew D., MD, MAS, Fernandez, Genaro, MD, Freeman, Andrew, MD, Nord, John, MD, Stehlik, Josef, MD, MPH
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Brain Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Comorbidity Creatinine - blood Diagnostic tests Female Heart failure Heart Failure - diagnosis Heart Failure - epidemiology Humans Logistic Models Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood Peptides Pneumology Predictive Value of Tests Regression analysis Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Retrospective Studies
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