Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 452-461 , August 2007

Natriuretic Peptide Biomarkers as Information Indicators in Elderly Patients With Possible Heart Failure Followed Over Six Years: A Head-to-Head Comparison of Four Cardiac Natriuretic Peptides

  • Urban Alehagen, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Cardiology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Urban Alehagen, MD, Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital of Linköping, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden.
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  • Erland Svensson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Swedish Defence Research Agency, Division of Command and Control Systems, Department of Man-System Interaction, Linköping, Sweden
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  • Ulf Dahlström, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Cardiology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

Received 26 November 2006 ,Revised 16 February 2007 ,Accepted 6 March 2007.

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 Supported by grants from the County Council of Östergötland, the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation, and the Linköping University Research Foundation CIRC.

PII: S1071-9164(07)00071-1

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.03.002

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 452-461 , August 2007