TY - BOOK AU - Sherif Osama Gouda AU - Mohamed Elramly , AU - Yasmine Elshiwy , AU - Yasser Sharaf , TI - Brain natriuretic peptide as a predictor of prognosis in patients with unstable angina \ non ST elevation myocardial infarction / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Sherif Osama Gouda , KW - Acute coronary syndrome KW - Brain (B-type) natriuretic peptide (BNP) KW - N-terminal fragment of pro BNP (NT-proBNP) N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology; Issued also as CD N2 - Aim of the study : The aim of the study was to examine whether measuring of brain natriuretic peptide ( BNP ) Improves the ability to identify high - risk patients wih UA/NSTEMI who will benefit from an early invasive strategy . Conclusion : The present study found that there is trend toward higher mortallity with increasing levels of BNP (by quartile) but this trend was not statistically significant UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -