The prognostic effect of brain natriuretic peptide levels on outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Natriuretic peptides are biomarkers of myocardial stress and are frequently elevated among patients with severe respiratory illnesses, typically in the absence of elevated cardiac-filling pressures or clinical heart failure. Elevation of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) or NT-proBNP is associated wit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Avicenna Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.ajm_169_20 |