title: Clinical usefulness of B-type natriuretic peptide measurement: present and future perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Unidade Cuidados Intermédios Medicina, Hospital S Joaõ, Alameda Hernani Monteiro, 4200 Porto, Portugal. pbettfer@esoterica.pt
authors.forename: Paulo M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Bettencourt
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain