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Early diagnosis of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in diabetic patients: a possible role for natriuretic peptides
BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to verify whether BNP might detect pre-clinical diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in type-2 diabetic patients. METHODS: One-hundred and twenty-seven consecutive outpatients with type-2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled into the study. Subjects with overt heart f...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3019186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21162718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-9-89 |