Alveolar membrane conductance decreases as BNP increases during exercise in heart failure. Rationale for BNP in the evaluation of dyspnea.

Cattadori, Gaia

Alveolar membrane conductance decreases as BNP increases during exercise in heart failure. Rationale for BNP in the evaluation of dyspnea. [electronic resource] - Journal of cardiac failure Mar 2009 - 136-44 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

1532-8414

10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.10.002 doi


Aged
Bicycling
Biomarkers--blood
Blood Gas Analysis
Dyspnea, Paroxysmal--blood
Exercise Tolerance
Female
Heart Failure--blood
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain--blood
Oxygen Consumption
Prognosis
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
Pulmonary Ventilation
Respiratory Function Tests
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke Volume
Ventricular Function, Left