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: A fully automated objective
eart failure
ble quantification of NT-
erum and plasma
ible with the routine work-flow
oratories
ude patients without cardiac
tify patients that require
ac assessment
mprove heart failure
he N-terminal fragment of the prohormone
e (NT-proBNP). It is released mainly from
to myocardial stretch. Elevated NT-proBNP
decreased cardiac function (usually left
us, it can be used as biochemical markers
tics
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