Validity of Amino Terminal pro-Brain Natiuretic Peptide in a Medically Complex Elderly Population

BACKGROUND: The routine use of natiuretic peptides in severely dyspneic patients has recently been called into question. We hypothesized that the diagnostic utility of Amino Terminal pro Brain Natiuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) is diminished in a complex elderly population. METHODS: We studied 502 conse...

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Autores principales: Afaq, Mazhar A., Shoraki, Azadeh, Ivanov, Oleg, Srinivasan, Janardhan, Bernstein, Lawrence, Zarich, Stuart W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2011
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22121398
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr606w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22121398
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr606w

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