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Prognostic utility of B-type natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure and renal dysfunction

BACKGROUND: Renal dysfunction is considered a confounding variable in the interpretation of B-type natriuretic peptides (BNPs) and their amino-terminal fragments (NT-ProBNP) in patients with heart failure (HF). Our aim was to investigate the prognostic utility of BNPs and NT-proBNP in HF outpatients...

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Autores principales: Waldum, Bård, Stubnova, Viera, Westheim, Arne S., Omland, Torbjørn, Grundtvig, Morten, Os, Ingrid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24422171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfs174