Hormones of the heart: new orientation in diagnosis of heart failure
- Author:
Hoang Van Son
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
*heart failure, hormon,
- MeSH:
Hormones;
Heart Failure;
diagnosis;
heart
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2004;0(1):7-10
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Heart functions are not only blood pump but also endocrine, through discovery of diuretic peptids that helping excretion of sodium (natriuretic peptids) released by heart muscle. And very quickly, there was an explosion of studies about the values of these hormones in the diagnosis and management of some cardiovascular diseases, especially congestive heart failure (by nature there wasn’t any biochemical test) in the early 21st century