Evaluating the Correlation between Serum NT-proBNP Level and Diastolic Dysfunction Severity in Beta-Thalassemia Major Patients

Background: N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a sensitive biomarker for the detection of asymptomatic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Since β-thalassemia major patients suffer from early diastolic dysfunction due to iron deposition of chronic blood transfusion, we tried to e...

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Autores principales: Alizadeh, Behzad, Badiee, Zahra, Mahmoudi, Mahmoud, Mohajery, Mahsa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2006- 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27928257

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