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Publications

Predischarge B-type natriuretic peptide assay for identifying patients at high risk of re-admission after decompensated heart failure
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February 18, 2004, Volume 43 Number 4
Damien Logeart, MD; Gabriel Thabut, MD; Patrick Jourdain, MD; Christophe Chavelas, MD; Pascal Beyne, PhD; Florence Beauvais, MD; Erik Bouvier, MD; Alain Cohen Solal, MD, PhD

BNP Consensus Panel 2004: A Clinical Approach for the Diagnostic, Prognostic, Screening, Treatment Monitoring, and Therapeutic Roles of Natriuretic Peptides in Cardiovascular Diseases
Congestive Heart Failure, September-October 2004, Volume 10, Issue 5, Supplement 3
Marc A. Silver, MD, Chairman; Alan Maisel, MD; Clyde W. Yancy, MD; Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH; John C. Burnett, Jr., MD; Gary S. Francis, MD; Mandeep R. Mehra, MD; William Franklin Peacock IV, MD; Gregg Fonarow, MD; W. Brian Gibler, MD; David A. Morrow, MD; Judd Hollander, MD

Rapid measurement of B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure
The New England Journal of Medicine, July 18, 2002, Volume 347:161-167
Authors: Alan S. Maisel, MD; Padma Krishnaswamy, MD; Richard M. Nowak, MD,MBA; James McCord, MD; Judd E. Hollander, MD; Philippe Duc, MD; Torbjørn Omland, MD, PhD; Alan B. Storrow, MD; William T. Abraham, MD; Alan H.B. Wu, PhD; Paul Clopton, MS; Philippe G. Steg, MD; Arne Westheim, MD, PhD, MPH; Catherine Wold Knudsen, MD; Alberto Perez, MD; Radmila Kazanegra, MD; Howard C. Herrmann, MD; and Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, For the Breathing Not Properly Multinational Study Investigators

B-type natriuretic peptide and clinical judgment in emergency diagnosis of heart failure
Circulation, July 2002, Volume 106 Number 4
Authors: Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH; Richard M. Nowak, MD, MBA; James McCord, MD; Judd E. Hollander, MD; Howard C. Herrmann, MD; Philippe G. Steg, MD; Philippe Duc, MD; Arne Westheim, MD, PhD; Torbjørn Omland, MD, PhD, MPH; Cathrine Wold Knudsen, MD; Alan B. Storrow, MD; William T. Abraham, MD; Sumant Lamba, MD; Alan H.B. Wu, PhD; Alberto Perez, MD; Paul Clopton, MS; Padma Krishnaswamy, MD; Radmila Kazanegra, MD; Alan S. Maisel, MD; for the BNP Multinational Study Investigators

Utility of B-natriuretic peptide in detecting diastolic dysfunction
Circulation, February 2002 Volume 105 number
Authors: Emily Lubien, BS; Anthony DeMaria, MD; Padma Krishnaswamy, MD; Paul Clopton, MS; Jen Koon, BSN; Radmila Kazanegra, MD; Nancy Gardetto, NP;Erin Wanner, BS; Alan S. Maisel, MD

B-type natriuretic peptide predicts future cardiac events in patients presenting to the emergency department with dyspnea
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Februrary 2002, Volume 39 Number 2
Authors: Alex Harrison, BS; L. Katherine Morrison, BS; Padma Krishnaswamy, MD; Radmila Kazanegra, MD;Paul Clopton, MS; Quyen Dao, BS; Patricia Hlavin, MD; Alan S. Maisel, MD

Utility of a rapid B-natriuretic peptide assay in differentiating congestive heart failure from lung disease in patients presenting with dyspnea
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, January 16, 2002, Volume 39, Number 2
Authors: L. Katherine Morrison, BS; Alex Harrison, BS; Padma Krishnaswamy, MD; Radmila Kazanegra, MD; Paul Clopton, MS; Alan S. Maisel, MD

The prognostic value of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with acute coronary syndromes
The New England Journal of Medicine, October 4 2001 Volume 345
Authors: James A. de Lemos, MD; David A. Morrow, MD, MPH; Jane H. Bentley, BS; TorbjØrn Omland, MD, PHD, MPH; Marc S. Sabatine, MD; Carolyn H. McCabe, BS; Christian Hall, MD, PhD; Christopher P. Cannon, MD; Eugene Braunwald, MD

Utility of B-natriuretic peptide as a rapid, point-of-care test for screening patients undergoing echocardiography to determine left ventricular dysfunction
American Heart Journal, March 2001 Volume 141 number 3
Authors: Alan S. Maisel, MD, FACC; Jen Koon, BSN; Padma Krishnaswamy, MD; Radmila Kazanegra, MD; Paul Clopton, BSN; Nancy Gardetto, NC; Robin Morrisey, NC; Alex Garcia, BS; Albert Chiu, BS; Anthony DeMaria, MD

Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of congestive heart failure in an urgent-care setting
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February 2001, Volume 37, Number 2
Authors: Quyen Dao, BSN; Padma Krishnaswamy, MD; Radmila Kazanegra, MD; Alex Harrison, BS; Rambod Amirnovin, BS; Leslie Lenert, MD; Paul Clopton, BSN; Joel Alberto, RN; Patricia Hlavin, MD; Alan S. Maisel, MD

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) – Validation of an immediate response assay
Clinical Laboratory, 2001, Volume 47
Authors: Michael Vogeser ; Karl Jacob

Evaluation of brain natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of heart failure
General Cardiology, October 2000
Authors: Paulo Bettencourt, MD; António Ferreira, MD; Paula Dias, MD; Alice Castron, MD; Luís Martins, MD; Mário Cerqueira-Gomes, MD

Articles

Advances in diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes and congestive heart failure: clinical and economic benefits of point-of-care biomarkers
Preventive Medicine in Managed Care, April 2002 Volume 3 number 2
Author: Alan Maisel, MD

Examining the uses of BNP testing in the outpatient setting
Patient Care, August 1, 2005
Author: Alex Harrison, MD

The B-type natriuretic peptide assay: A rapid test for heart failure
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, March 2002, Volume 69, Number 3
Author: W. Frank Peacock IV, MD

Abstracts

The following abstracts were presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 51st Annual Scientific Session 2002 in Atlanta, Georgia.

B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction heart failure
Abstract Number: 1061-156

The effect of diabetes on B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with acute dyspnea
Abstract Number: 854-5