Role of natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with carcinoid heart disease

Carcinoid heart disease (CHD) occurs in 20–70% of the patients with metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumours (NET). We evaluated whether natriuretic peptides (ANP or NT-proBNP) are useful in early detection of CHD. Blood samples from 32 patients with NET were compared with cardiac ultra...

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Autores principales: Zuetenhorst, J M, Korse, C M, Bonfrer, J M G, Bakker, R H, Taal, B G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2004
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Clinical
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15150565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601816

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15150565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601816

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