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Marked elevations in N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide levels in septic shock

INTRODUCTION: N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a cardiac biomarker that has recently shown to be of diagnostic value in a diagnosis of decompensated heart failure, acute coronary syndromes and other conditions resulting in myocardial stretch. We sought to study whether sepsis-...

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Autores principales: Chua, Gerald, Kang-Hoe, Lee
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC522851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15312225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2889