Comparison of Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) and Amino-Terminal ProBNP for Early Diagnosis of Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Michele Emdin,
Claudio Passino,
Concetta Prontera,
Marianna Fontana,
Roberta Poletti,
Alessandra Gabutti,
Chiara Mammini,
Alberto Giani,
Luc Zyw,
Giancarlo Zucchelli,
Aldo Clerico
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2006.080234
Subject(s) - medicine , natriuretic peptide , asymptomatic , heart failure , cardiology , stage (stratigraphy) , n terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide , ejection fraction , brain natriuretic peptide , prospective cohort study , cohort , paleontology , biology
We compared the diagnostic accuracy of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and amino-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) for diagnosis of preclinical and mild heart failure (HF).
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