低的脑前性尿素水平预测急性肺栓塞的良性临床结果

Nils Kucher1, Gert Printzen, Tanja Doernhoefer

  • 1Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. nkucher@partners.org

Circulation
|April 2, 2003
PubMed
概括

低的脑前性尿素 (proBNP) 水平有效预测急性肺栓塞 (PE) 患者的医院治疗过程有利. 低于500 pg/mL的proBNP确定了适合短期住院或门诊治疗的个人.

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