Plasma brain natriuretic peptide level in older outpatients with heart failure is associated with physical frailty, especially with the slowness domain

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level in patients with heart failure (HF) and physical frailty as well as with each domain of physical frailty. METHODS: Two hundred and six outpatients of cardiovascular medicine aged 60 years and older who had b...

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Autores principales: Nishiguchi, Shu, Nozaki, Yuma, Yamaji, Masayuki, Oya, Kanako, Hikita, Yuki, Aoyama, Tomoki, Mabuchi, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27605942
http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2016.07.014

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