Diagnostic and prognostic value of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentrations in very elderly heart disease patients: Specific geriatric cut-off and impacts of age, gender, renal dysfunction, and nutritional status
- 28 February 2011
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
- Vol. 52 (1), 106-110
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2010.02.010
Abstract
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