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Plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentrations in patients with valvular heart disease

OBJECTIVE: Plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentrations predict prognosis in patients with valvular heart disease (VHD), but it is unclear whether this directly relates to disease severity. We assessed the relationship between BNP and echocardiographic measures of disease severity in patien...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Vishal, Stewart, Ralph A, Lee, Mildred, Gabriel, Ruvin, Van Pelt, Niels, Newby, David E, Kerr, Andrew J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27175283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2014-000184