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N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) and mortality risk in early inflammatory polyarthritis: results from the Norfolk Arthritis Registry (NOAR).
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Apr 2014
Mirjafari Hoda, Welsh Paul, Verstappen Suzanne M M, Wilson Paddy, Marshall Tarnya, Edlin Helena, Bunn Diane, Chipping Jacqueline, Lunt Mark, Symmons Deborah P M, Sattar Naveed, Bruce Ian N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We measured N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP), a marker of cardiac dysfunction, in an inception cohort with early inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) and assessed its association with disease phenotype, cardiovascular disease (CVD), all-cause and CVD related mortality. METHODS: Subjects with early IP were recruited to the Norfolk Arthritis Register from January 2000 to December 2008...
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