@article{1e602c7ec3494360a5183df15e7329a4,
title = "Design and methodology of the NorthStar Study: NT-proBNP stratified follow-up in outpatient heart failure clinics -- a randomized Danish multicenter study",
abstract = "Randomized clinical trials have shown that newly discharged and symptomatic patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) benefit from follow-up in a specialized heart failure clinic (HFC). Clinical stable and educated patients are usually discharged from the HFC when on optimal therapy. It is unknown if risk stratification using natriuretic peptides could identify patients who would benefit from longer-term follow-up. Furthermore, data on the use of natriuretic peptides for monitoring of stable patients with CHF are sparse.",
keywords = "Ambulatory Care, Ambulatory Care Facilities, Continuity of Patient Care, Denmark, Heart Failure, Humans, Monitoring, Physiologic, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Natriuretic Peptide, Brain, Peptide Fragments, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Research Design",
author = "Morten Schou and Finn Gustafsson and Lars Videbaek and Markenvard, {John Dennis} and Ulriksen, {Hans Ulrik} and Henrik Ryde and Jensen, {Jens C H} and Tonny Nielsen and Anne Knudsen and Tuxen, {Christian D} and Jens Handberg and S{\o}rensen, {Per J} and Geert Espersen and Rasmussen, {S{\o}ren Poul Lind} and Niels Keller and Kenneth Egstrup and Nielsen, {Jens Olav} and Jawdat Abdulla and Ole Nyvad and Toft, {Jens Peter} and Hildebrandt, {Per R}",
year = "2008",
month = oct,
language = "English",
volume = "156",
pages = "649--55",
journal = "American Heart Journal",
issn = "0002-8703",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "4",
}