American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 6 , Pages 1191-1195, December 2008

Independent prognostic value of echocardiography and N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with heart failure

  • Alan L. Hinderliter, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alan L. Hinderliter, MD, Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina CB# 7075, Burnett-Womack Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27559-7075.
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  • James A. Blumenthal, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Christopher O'Conner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Kirkwood F. Adams, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Carla Sueta Dupree, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Robert A. Waugh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Daniel Bensimhon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Robert H. Christenson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Andrew Sherwood, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Received 3 December 2007; accepted 25 July 2008. published online 16 October 2008.

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 This study was supported by grant HL61784 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and grant M01-RR-30 from the General Clinical Research Center Program, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.Guest Editor: Hector O. Ventora, MD.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00655-8

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.022

American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 6 , Pages 1191-1195, December 2008

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