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Natriuretic peptide vs. clinical information for diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in primary care

BACKGROUND: Screening of primary care patients at risk for left ventricular systolic dysfunction by a simple blood-test might reduce referral rates for echocardiography. Whether or not natriuretic peptide testing is a useful and cost-effective diagnostic instrument in primary care settings, however,...

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Autores principales: Koschack, Janka, Scherer, Martin, Lüers, Claus, Kochen, Michael M, Wetzel, Dirk, Kleta, Sibylle, Pouwels, Claudia, Wachter, Rolf, Herrmann-Lingen, Christoph, Pieske, Burkert, Binder, Lutz
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2267193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18298821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-9-14