Usefulness of Bedside Testing for Brain Natriuretic Peptide to Identify Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Outcome in Normotensive Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Rapid Measurement of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Emergency Diagnosis of Heart Failure

Alan S. Maisel, Padma Krishnaswamy, Richard M. Nowak et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2002 · 3.4K citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +9

Short-Term Clinical Outcome of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism, Normal Blood Pressure, and Echocardiographic Right Ventricular Dysfunction

Stefano Grifoni, Iacopo Olivotto, Paolo Cecchini et al. · Circulation · 2000 · 840 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiology +12

Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of congestive heart failure in an urgent-care setting

Quyen Dao, Padma Krishnaswamy, Radmila Kazanegra et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2001 · 823 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +10

A rapid bedside test for B-type peptide predicts treatment outcomes in patients admitted for decompensated heart failure: a pilot study

Van Le Cheng, Radmila Kazanagra, Alex Garcia et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2001 · 679 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +14

Utility of B-natriuretic peptide as a rapid, point-of-care test for screening patients undergoing echocardiography to determine left ventricular dysfunction

Alan S. Maisel, Jen Koon, Padma Krishnaswamy et al. · American Heart Journal · 2001 · 383 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +14