Natriuretic peptides in acute coronary syndromes: A new role to predict recurrent ischemic event-related mortality?
Risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has been previously based on the severity of acute clinical presentation, presence of cardiovascular comorbidities, and abnormalities of ischemia-specific biomarkers, most importantly troponins. Natriuretic peptides (NPs), which become elevated u...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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Series: | Hellenic Journal of Cardiology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1109966618301593 |