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Plasma chromogranin A is a marker of death in elderly patients presenting with symptoms of heart failure

Cardiovascular risk assessment remains difficult in elderly patients. We examined whether chromogranin A (CgA) measurement in plasma may be valuable in assessing risk of death in elderly patients with symptoms of heart failure in a primary care setting. A total of 470 patients (mean age 73 years) we...

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Autores principales: Goetze, Jens P, Hilsted, Linda M, Rehfeld, Jens F, Alehagen, Urban
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24532383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EC-14-0017