title: Usefulness of clinical variables, echocardiography, and levels of brain natriuretic peptide and norepinephrine to distinguish systolic and diastolic causes of acute heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
authors.forename: Craig S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Vinch
authors.forename: Gerard P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Aurigemma
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Gaasch
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Volturo
authors.forename: Dennis A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tighe
authors.forename: Theo E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003971:Diastole; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013599:Systole
chemical_list: D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009638:Norepinephrine