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Does serum BNP level predict functional outcome and mortality in patients with ischemic stroke?
Does serum BNP level predict functional outcome and mortality in patients with ischemic stroke?
Serum BNP levels can serve as a prognostic biomarker for functional outcome and mortality in patients with ischemic stroke, particularly cardioembolic stroke.
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May aid prognosis in cardioembolic stroke; leaves open prospective validation before routine use.
Serum BNP levels are strongly associated with cardioembolic stroke and functional outcome at 6 months after ischemic stroke. Inclusion of BNP improved prediction of mortality in patients with cardioembolic stroke.
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Rost et al. (2011) studied this question.
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