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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Huvudupphovsmän: Kenji Maruyama, Shinichiro Uchiyama, Tsuyoshi Shiga, Mutsumi Iijima, Kentaro Ishizuka, Takao Hoshino, Kazuo Kitagawa
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: Karger Publishers 2017-03-01
Serie:Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra
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Länkar:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/457808

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