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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Формат: | Journal article |
Мова: | English |
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2002
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