title: The role and assessment of ventricular peptides in heart failure.
abstract: Although heart failure may be diagnosed readily in its advanced stages, it may be difficult to diagnose clinically in its early stages.Thus, there is a critical need for an inexpensive, simple, rapid,and objective test for heart failure. This article discusses the role and assessment of ventricular natriuretic peptides and related pep-tides in heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Box 100275, Gainesville, FL 32610-0275, USA. winter@pathology.ufl.edu
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Elin
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides