Combination of Uric Acid and NT-ProBNP: A More Useful Prognostic Marker for Short-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Acute Heart Failure
Hyoung-Seob Park, Hyungseop Kim, Ji-Hyun Sohn, Hong-Won Shin, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Hyuck-Jun Yoon, Chang-Wook Nam, Seung-Ho Hur, Yoon-Nyun Kim, Kwon-Bae Kim, Hee-Joon Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2010;25(3):253-259. Published online August 31, 2010
Background/AimsIn patients with heart failure (HF), N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-ProBNP) is a standard prognostic indicator. In addition, uric acid (UA) was recently established as a prognostic marker for poor outcome in chronic HF. The aim of this stud..
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