Diagnostic accuracy of plasma NT-proBNP levels for excluding cardiac abnormalities in the very elderly

BACKGROUND: In the elderly the diagnosis of chronic heart failure is often challenging and the availability of echocardiography can be limited. Plasma levels of NT-proBNP are valuable tools to diagnose patients with heart failure. However, the performance of this biomarker to detect cardiac abnormal...

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Autores principales: Vaes, Bert, Delgado, Victoria, Bax, Jeroen, Degryse, Jan, Westendorp, Rudi GJ, Gussekloo, Jacobijn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21070664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-85

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21070664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-85

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