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Low NT‐proBNP levels in overweight and obese patients do not rule out a diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

BACKGROUND: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous syndrome that presents clinicians with a diagnostic challenge. The use of natriuretic peptides to exclude a diagnosis of HFpEF has been proposed. We sought to compare HFpEF patients with N‐terminal pro‐brain natriu...

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Autores principales: Buckley, Leo F., Canada, Justin M., Del Buono, Marco G., Carbone, Salvatore, Trankle, Cory R., Billingsley, Hayley, Kadariya, Dinesh, Arena, Ross, Van Tassell, Benjamin W., Abbate, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29345112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12235