Correlates of NT-proBNP concentration in
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Keizo Toda; Yukihito Sato; Tomoko Hara; Kenro Hijiya; Ryutaro Kaneko; Tatuo Okad
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract __Background__: N‐terminal proBNP (NT‐proBNP) is widely used as a diagnostic biomarker and for the risk stratification of patients with heart failure (HF). Its role in the evaluation of patients with essential hypertension (EHT) is less clear. We examined the relationship between NT‐pro