Journal article
Reliability of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide assay in diagnosis of heart failure: cohort study in representative and high risk community populations.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the performance of a novel assay for N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in diagnosing heart failure in various randomly selected general and high risk community populations. DESIGN: Community cohort study (substudy of the echocardiographic heart of England screening study). SETTING: Four randomly selected general practices in the West Midlands of England. PARTICIPANTS: 591 randomly sampled patients over the age of 45, stratified for age and socioeco...
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- Published
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- Journal:
- BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
- Volume:
- 324
- Issue:
- 7352
- Pages:
- 1498
- Publication date:
- 2002-06-01
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- EISSN:
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1756-1833
- ISSN:
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0959-8138
- Source identifiers:
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122588
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- English
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pubs:122588
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- pubs:122588
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2002
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