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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...
Autores principales: | Vaes, Bert, Delgado, Victoria, Bax, Jeroen, Degryse, Jan, Westendorp, Rudi GJ, Gussekloo, Jacobijn |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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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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