Journal article
Valor prognóstico do fragmento N-terminal do peptídeo natriurético tipo B em cirurgia não-cardíaca
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Preoperative NT-proBNP has been shown to predict adverse cardiac outcomes, although recent studies suggested that postoperative NT-proBNP determination could provide additional information in patients submitted to noncardiac surgery.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prognostic value of perioperative NT-proBNP in intermediate and high risk cardiovascular patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
Authors
Borges FK; Furtado MV; Rossini APW; Bertoluci C; Gonzalez VL; Bertoldi EG; Grutcki DM; Rech LG; Magalhães M; Polanczyk CA
Journal
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Vol. 100, No. 6, pp. 561–570
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia
Publication Date
2013
DOI
10.5935/abc.20130090
ISSN
0066-782X