American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 568-576, June 2010

Effects of high-urgency ambulance transportation on pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with heart failure☆

  • Ulrike Weber, MD

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    • Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Agnes Reitinger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Tomasz Erdeii, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Analytical Medicine and Biochemistry, Medical “Semmelweis” University of Budapest, 1094 Budapest, Hungary
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  • Christian Hellmich

      Affiliations

    • Vienna Red Cross Ambulance Service, Vienna, 1030 Austria
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  • Barbara Steinlechner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Helmut Hager, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Michael Selzer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Michael Hiesmayr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Angela Rajek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Alexander Kober, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Received 23 November 2007; received in revised form 17 December 2008; accepted 19 December 2008. published online 30 November 2009.

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☆ Support for the work was provided solely by the departmental sources (Medical University of Vienna and Hungarian National Ambulance Service).

PII: S0735-6757(09)00071-0

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2008.12.041

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 568-576, June 2010

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