Diagnostic accuracy of plasma NT-proBNP levels for excluding cardiac abnormalities in the very elderly
(2010) BMC Geriatrics — Vol. 10, p. 85 (2010)
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Degryse, Jean-Marie 
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- In the elderly the diagnosis of chronic heart failure is often challenging and the availability of echocardiography can be limited. Plasma levels of NT-proBNP are valuable tools to diagnose patients with heart failure. However, the performance of this biomarker to detect cardiac abnormalities in the very elderly remains unclear. The aims of this study were to investigate the relation between NT-proBNP and cardiac abnormalities and to evaluate the use of NT-proBNP to exclude structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in a community-based sample of "well-functioning" nonagenarians.
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Vaes, B., Delgado, V., Bax, J., Degryse, J.-M., Westendorp, R. G. J., & Gussekloo, J. (2010). Diagnostic accuracy of plasma NT-proBNP levels for excluding cardiac abnormalities in the very elderly. BMC Geriatrics, 10, 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-85 (Original work published 2010)