NT-proBNP <95 ng/l can exclude pulmonary hypertension on echocardiography at diagnostic workup in patients with interstitial lung disease

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious complication to interstitial lung disease (ILD) and has a poor prognosis. PH is often diagnosed by screening with echocardiography followed by right heart catheterisation. A previous study has shown that a value of NT-pro-brain natriuretic peptide...

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Autores principales: Andersen, Charlotte, Mellemkjær, Søren, Hilberg, Ole, Bendstrup, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2016
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27478030
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ecrj.v3.32027

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27478030
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ecrj.v3.32027

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