title: Unraveling N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide: another piece to a very complex puzzle in heart failure patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; jaffe.allan@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Allan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Jaffe
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hennepin County Medical Center, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN;
authors.forename: Fred S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Apple
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology/Heat failure; INSERM UMR-S 942, Paris, France;
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mebazaa
authors.affiliation: Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Cochin Institute, and Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, INSERM UMR-S 942, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vodovar
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; 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