Hanan ElSaied Hassan Zaghla <br/><br/>
Brain natriuretic peptide in congestive heart failure prevalence and prognostic value /  
 القيمة التشخيصية ومعدلات مستوى العامل المخى المدر للصوديوم فى حالات هبوط القلب الاحتقانى 
Hanan ElSaied Hassan Zaghla ; Supervised Hossam Ahmed Mowafi , Sanaa Abd El Shafi , Shereen Elgengehy 
 - Cairo :   Hanan ElSaied Hassan Zaghla ,   2005 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Critical Care Medicine 
<br/><br/> Brain natriuretic peptide which has been previously recognized as a diagnostic and prognostic marker of heart failure , can also serve the important role of unmasking latent systolic and diastolic cardiac dysfunction in critically ill pts admitted for non cardiac problems Our data point to the positive correlation with the severity of HF in previously cardiac as well as the extent of cardiac dysfunction in critically ill non cardiac pts 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Brain natriuretic peptide Heart failure