Clinical utility of B-type natriuretic peptide (NP) in paediatric cardiac surgery: a systematic review
Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references. === B-type natruiretic peptide (NP) is a biomarker that has gained widespread use in several patient populations and clinical situations. It is a hormone secreted primarily by ventricular myocytes in response in myocyte stretch or ischaemia...
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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6561 |