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Using NT-proBNP to Detect Chronic Heart Failure in Elderly Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Objective. To detect chronic heart failure in elderly patients with a registered diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treated in Swedish primary health care using natriuretic peptide NT-proBNP. Design. A cross-sectional study. Setting. Two primary health care centres in southeas...

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Autores principales: Kaszuba, Elzbieta, Wagner, Bartlomiej, Odeberg, Håkan, Halling, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4041248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24967321
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2013/273864