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Supramaximal elevation in B-type natriuretic peptide and its N-terminal fragment levels in anephric patients with heart failure: a case series

INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the responses of natriuretic peptides to developing congestive heart failure in ‘anephric’ end-stage kidney disease. CASE PRESENTATION: We present three consecutive cases of surgically-induced anephric patients in a critical care environment: a 28-year-old Caucasi...

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Autores principales: Ting, John YC, Pussell, Bruce A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3506524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23062279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-351