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B-type natriuretic peptide and outcome in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Journal of cardiology - 1 Oct 2020
Shirotani Shota, Minami Yuichiro, Saito Chihiro, Haruki Shintaro, Hagiwara Nobuhisa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels predict outcome in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the association between BNP levels and outcome in patients with the apical phenotype of HCM remains unclear. We evaluated the impact of elevated BNP levels on outcome in a cohort of apical HCM patients. METHODS: Among 432 HCM patients, 144 with an apical phenotype were...
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