title: [Suspected heart failure: how important is the BNP-testing for the general practitioner?].
authors.affiliation: Klinik III für Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universität zu Köln. roman.pfister@uk-koeln.de
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pfister
authors.forename: Erland
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erdmann
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000191:economics; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000191:economics; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics; D005858:Germany; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; C109794:pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76); D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain