Screening for left ventricular dysfunction in the community: role of hand held echocardiography and brain natriuretic peptides.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals, Harrow, UK. roxy.senior@virgin.net
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Galasko
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McMurray
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Mayet
D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003153:Community Health Services; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D010949:Plasma; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis*
D015415:Biomarkers; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain