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Amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and B-type natriuretic peptide: biomarkers for mortality in a large community-based cohort free of heart failure.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 May 2006
McKie Paul M, Rodeheffer Richard J, Cataliotti Alessandro, Martin Fernando L, Urban Lynn H, Mahoney Douglas W, Jacobsen Steven J, Redfield Margaret M, Burnett John C
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies report that, in the absence of heart failure and renal failure, plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) has prognostic value for mortality. We sought to confirm and extend these previous studies to assess BNP, measured by 3 distinct assays, as a biomarker for mortality in a strategy to enhance efforts at primary prevention and to better understand the clinical phenotype of such subjects at risk. We...
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