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B-type natriuretic peptide versus amino terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide: selecting the optimal heart failure marker in patients with impaired kidney function

BACKGROUND: The effect of impaired kidney function on B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) is vague. This study was performed to examine the effect of kidney dysfunction on the afore-mentioned markers and determine appropriate cutoffs for systolic heart failure (SHF). M...

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Autores principales: Jafri, Lena, Kashif, Waqar, Tai, Javed, Siddiqui, Imran, Azam, Iqbal, Shahzad, Hira, Ghani, Farooq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23725445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-14-117