Relationship Between Prohormone Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) Level and Severity of Pulmonary Dysfunction in Patients With Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

Introduction: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common disease and its prevalence is increasingin industrialized countries. NT-proBNP measurement is an established diagnostic test fordiagnosis of CHF in patients who present to emergency room with acute dyspnea. The primaryobject of this study was...

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Main Authors: Nazemiyeh Masoud, Sharifi Akbar, Amiran Farhad, Pourafkari Leili, Taban Sadeghi Mohammadreza, Namdar Hossein, Abbasnezhad Mohsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research
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Online Access:http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCVTR/PDF/JCVTR-7-24.pdf