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Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Rapid Bedside Test +7

Impact of age and sex on plasma natriuretic peptide levels in healthy adults

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Adrenal Gland, Physiology, Geriatric Urology +3

Neurohormonal Activation and the Chronic Heart Failure Syndrome in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

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Utility of B-natriuretic peptide as a rapid, point-of-care test for screening patients undergoing echocardiography to determine left ventricular dysfunction

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Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Left Ventricular Dysfunction +11

Usefulness of the myocardial performance index for assessing right ventricular function in congenital heart disease

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Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Pediatric Heart Disease +11