Reliability of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide assay in diagnosis of heart failure: cohort study in representative and high risk community populations.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the performance of a novel assay for N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in diagnosing heart failure in various randomly selected general and high risk community populations. DESIGN: Community cohort study (substudy of the echocardiographic heart of England...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Hobbs, F, Davis, R, Roalfe, A, Hare, R, Davies, M, Kenkre, J
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: 2002