The predictive value of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels on outcome in children with pulmonary hypertension undergoing congenital heart surgery
Background and objectives: In children undergoing congenital heart surgery, plasma brain natriuretic peptide levels may have a role in development of low cardiac output syndrome that is defined as a combination of clinical findings and interventions to augment cardiac output in children with pulmona...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942014000500326&lng=en&tlng=en |