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B-type natriuretic peptide is a long-term predictor of all-cause mortality, whereas high-sensitive C-reactive protein predicts recurrent short-term troponin T positive cardiac events in chest pain patients: a prognostic study

BACKGROUND: Few studies have addressed whether the combined use of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) improves risk stratification for mortality and cardiovascular events in a population with chest pain and suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Therefo...

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Autores principales: Brügger-Andersen, Trygve, Pönitz, Volker, Staines, Harry, Pritchard, David, Grundt, Heidi, Nilsen, Dennis WT
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19032759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-8-34