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Urinary N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide as a biomarker for cardiovascular events in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama Study

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence has shown that serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations, a diagnostic biomarker for heart failure, are positively associated with cardiovascular risk. Since NT-proBNP in serum is excreted in urine, it is hypothesized that urinary...

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Autores principales: Yamasaki, Keisuke, Hata, Jun, Ide, Tomomi, Nagata, Takuya, Sakata, Satoko, Yoshida, Daigo, Honda, Takanori, Hirakawa, Yoichiro, Nakano, Toshiaki, Kitazono, Takanari, Tsutsui, Hiroyuki, Ninomiya, Toshiharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8042718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33845756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12199-021-00970-0