Brain Natriuretic Peptide Is a Powerful Predictor of Outcome in Stroke Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

BACKGROUND: Since stroke patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) have poor outcomes in general, the prediction of outcomes following discharge is of utmost concern for these patients. We previously reported that brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were significantly higher in NVAF pa...

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Autores principales: Maruyama, Kenji, Uchiyama, Shinichiro, Shiga, Tsuyoshi, Iijima, Mutsumi, Ishizuka, Kentaro, Hoshino, Takao, Kitagawa, Kazuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5465753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28253498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000457808

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5465753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28253498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000457808

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