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Comparison of echocardiography and plasma B-type natriuretic peptide for monitoring the response to treatment in acute heart failure

Andrzej Gackowski, Richard Isnard, Jean Louis Golmard, Françoise Pousset, A. Carayon, Gilles Montalescot, Jean‐Sébastien Hulot, Daniel Thomas, W Piwowarska, Michel Komajda

European Heart Journal · 2004 · 112 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

Serial BNP measurements during the treatment of acute HF provide incremental prognostic information over clinical presentation and repetitive echocardiographic examination.

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