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Amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in children with latent rheumatic heart disease

BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a global cause of early heart failure. Early RHD is characterized by valvar regurgitation, leading to ventricular distention and possible elaboration of amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). We investigated the ability of NT-proBNP to...

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Autores principales: Zachariah, Justin P, Aliku, Twalib, Scheel, Amy, Hasan, Babar S, Lwabi, Peter, Sable, Craig, Beaton, Andrea Z
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4867795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212845
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.180668