Natriuretic peptides in acute coronary syndromes: A new role to predict recurrent ischemic event-related mortality?

Risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has been previously based on the severity of acute clinical presentation, presence of cardiovascular comorbidities, and abnormalities of ischemia-specific biomarkers, most importantly troponins. Natriuretic peptides (NPs), which become elevated u...

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Main Authors: Vasiliki Bistola, Eftihia Polyzogopoulou, John Parissis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1109966618301593