Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 489-495, August 2009

Preclinical Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction Assessed by Tissue Doppler Imaging is Associated With Elevated Plasma Pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations

  • Rasmus Mogelvang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Copenhagen City Heart Study, Epidemiological Research Unit, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Rasmus Mogelvang, MD, Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Post 4210, 65 Niels Andersens Vej, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark. Tel: +45 26826407; Fax: +45 39777381.
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  • Jens P. Goetze, MD, DMSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Sune A. Pedersen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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  • Niels T. Olsen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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  • Jacob L. Marott, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Copenhagen City Heart Study, Epidemiological Research Unit, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Peter Schnohr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Copenhagen City Heart Study, Epidemiological Research Unit, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Peter Sogaard, MD, DMSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
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  • Jan S. Jensen, MD, PhD, DMSC

      Affiliations

    • Copenhagen City Heart Study, Epidemiological Research Unit, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

Received 21 September 2008; received in revised form 28 December 2008; accepted 21 January 2009. published online 02 March 2009.

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 Supported by grants from the Lundbeck Foundation, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Copenhagen County Research Foundation, the C.C. Klestrup Foundation, the Foundation Promoting Medicine, the Lykfeldt Foundation, the CM Sorensen and Wife's Foundation, and The Danish Heart Foundation (07-10-R60-A1698-B132-22413), Copenhagen, Denmark. Peter Sogaard has received honoraria from GE Healthcare. The sponsors had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation nor in the writing of the manuscript.

PII: S1071-9164(09)00020-7

doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.01.005

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 489-495, August 2009

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