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Whether plasma N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide (N-BNP) is useful in the diagnosis of heart failure (HF) depends traditionally on whether it is as good as the putative 'gold-standard', left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), in indicating cardiac dysfunction. However, since HF is primarily an impairment of function of the cardiac pump, we explored the relationship between N-BNP and direct and indirect indicators of cardiac pump dysfunction.
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Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, University of Leeds, Martin Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK.
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