title: Diagnosing acute heart failure: the mathematician and the clinician.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dickstein
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011498:Protein Precursors; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011498:Protein Precursors; C109794:pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76); D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain