International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 165-174, 26 June 2009

Diagnostic performance and cost effectiveness of measurements of plasma N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide in patients presenting with acute dyspnea or peripheral edema☆

  • Michael Behnes

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
    • MBe and MBr contributed equally to this study.
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  • Martina Brueckmann

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
    • MBe and MBr contributed equally to this study.
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  • Parviz Ahmad-Nejad

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Siegfried Lang

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Christian Wolpert

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Elif Elmas

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Thorsten Kaelsch

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Joachim Gruettner

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Christel Weiβ

      Affiliations

    • Department for Statistical Analysis, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Martin Borggrefe

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Michael Neumaier

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute for Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany. Tel.: +49 621 383 2222.

Received 12 January 2008; accepted 6 March 2008. published online 07 July 2008.

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☆ This work was supported by a grant of the Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany, and through support by Dade Behring, Germany.

PII: S0167-5273(08)00510-X

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.045

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 165-174, 26 June 2009

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