Variability in Measurement of BNP in Routine Evaluation of Heart Failure(VAMPIRE)

Pam R.Taub^1,2, Kevin Shah², Kevin Jiang², Paul Clopton², Mitchell Saltzberg³, Alan S. Maisel^1,2 and Robert L. Fitzgerald^2,4*

¹University of California San Diego, Division of Cardiology, San Diego, CA, USA

²Veterans Affairs Medical Center, La Jolla, CA, USA

³Midwest Heart Specialists, in Downers Grove, IL, USA

⁴University of California San Diego, Pathology Department, San Diego, CA, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Robert L. Fitzgerald, PhD, Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine, 10300 Campus Point Drive, Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92121, USA, Tel: (858) 657-5733, Fax: (858) 657-5807 Email: