title: High plasma brain natriuretic peptide level in thromboembolism patients associated with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: cause or effect?
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawashiro
authors.forename: Katsuji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shima
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D015415:Biomarkers; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain