Publications by authors named "Mara Pastorello"
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to verify the usefulness of NT-proBNP in the differential diagnosis of dyspnea in a population of patients presenting in the ER with breathlessness.
Design And Methods: In samples from 122 patients presenting in the ER with acute-severe dyspnea and from 25 subjects enrolled as a "comparison group" (NORM), NT-proBNP levels were measured. Patients have been classified on the basis of discharge diagnosis: pulmonary disease (PD, n = 23), pulmonary concomitant to cardiac disease (MIXED, n = 17), pulmonary embolism (EMB, n = 8), cardiac disease (CARD, n = 56), acute myocardial infarction (AMI, n = 11) and other disease (OTHER, n = 7).