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Cardiovascular Risk Stratification With Plasma B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in a Community-Base...

Cardiovascular Risk Stratification With Plasma B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in a Community-Base...

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Cardiovascular Risk Stratification With Plasma B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in a Community-Based Hypertensive Cohort

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Cardiovascular Risk Stratification With Plasma B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in a Community-Based Hypertensive Cohort

Publisher

United States: Elsevier Inc

Journal title

The American journal of cardiology, 2014-02, Vol.113 (4), p.682-686

Language

English

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United States: Elsevier Inc

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Contents

Few reports have examined the utility of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) testing for cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification in real-world hypertensive subjects. Subjects of the study were community-based hypertensive patients (n = 5,865). The CV event rate within each BNP quartile was estimated, and a Cox regression model was used to deter...

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Cardiovascular Risk Stratification With Plasma B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in a Community-Based Hypertensive Cohort

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1494306386

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1494306386

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ISSN

0002-9149

E-ISSN

1879-1913

DOI

10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.11.012

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