High plasma brain natriuretic peptide level in thromboembolism patients associated with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: cause or effect?

Stroke. 2002 Aug;33(8):1943-4; author reply 1943-4. doi: 10.1161/01.str.0000026390.97790.5c.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Fibrillation / blood*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Biomarkers
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Risk Assessment
  • Thromboembolism / blood*
  • Thromboembolism / etiology

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain