Recognising heart failure in elderly patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: cross sectional diagnostic study

Frans H. Rutten; Karel G.M. Moons; Maarten‐Jan M. Cramer; Diederick E. Grobbee; Nicolaas P. A. Zuithoff; an-Willem J Lammers; Arno W. Hoes

doi:10.1136/bmj.38664.661181.55

Abstract

A limited number of items easily available from history and physical examination, with addition of NT-proBNP and electrocardiography, can help general practitioners to identify concomitant heart failure in individual patients with stable COPD.

Keywords

MedicineHeart failureCOPDInternal medicineReceiver operating characteristicConcomitantCardiologyNatriuretic peptideElectrocardiographyCross-sectional studyPhysical examinationHeart diseasePhysical therapyPathology

MeSH Terms

AgedAmbulatory CareCross-Sectional StudiesEchocardiographyElectrocardiographyFamily PracticeFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleNatriuretic PeptideBrainOdds RatioPeptide FragmentsPulmonary DiseaseChronic Obstructive

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University Medical Center Utrecht NL

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 331
Issue: 7529
Pages: 1379-1379
Citations: 235
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                                    Frans H. Rutten, 
                                
                                    Karel G.M. Moons, 
                                
                                    Maarten‐Jan M. Cramer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            Recognising heart failure in elderly patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: cross sectional diagnostic study. 
                            BMJ
                            , 331
                            (7529)
                            , 1379-1379.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38664.661181.55
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38664.661181.55
PMID: 16321994
PMCID: PMC1309648

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