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Successful Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Monitoring N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Serum Levels in a Preterm Infant with Chronic Lung Disease: A Case Report

We measured the serial changes in N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels in a 6-month-old male infant with chronic lung disease (CLD) complicated by pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The patient was born at the 24th week of gestation weighing 695 g. At 1 month after birth, a...

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Autores principales: Seki, Keigo, Iwashima, Satoru, Uchiyama, Hiroki, Ohishi, Akira, Ishikawa, Takamichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6456330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30972228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1684026