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Assessment of cardiac risk before non‐cardiac surgery: brain natriuretic peptide in 1590 patients

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the predictive value of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) for assessment of cardiac risk before non‐cardiac surgery. METHODS: Consecutively treated patients (947 men, 643 women) whose BNP was measured before non‐cardiac surgery were studied. Clinical and ECG variables were evalu...

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Main Authors: Dernellis, J, Panaretou, M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1861227/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16709695
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2005.085530
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