European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 14-19, January 2009

Admission NT-proBNP levels, renal insufficiency and age as predictors of mortality in elderly patients hospitalized for acute dyspnea☆

Service de Cardiologie (PB, SS), Service d’Information Médicale (CV), Laboratoire de Biochimie (IB), Département de Médecine Interne (JLR), Béziers Hospital, France

Received 18 July 2007; received in revised form 20 January 2008; accepted 9 March 2008. published online 30 April 2008.

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☆ The study was funded by a grant from Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique (Ministère chargé de la Santé, PHRC, sponsor: Centre Hospitalier de Béziers).

PII: S0953-6205(08)00102-7

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2008.03.006

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 14-19, January 2009

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