Why the study?
Does pre-operative serum NT-pro-BNP predict post-operative complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
Population
135 patients undergoing various cardiac procedures
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
28 days
Authors
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Pre-operative serum NT-pro-BNP is a strong predictor of post-operative complications and mortality after cardiac surgery, performing as well as the euroSCORE and better than ejection fraction.
Does pre-operative serum NT-pro-BNP predict post-operative complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
Pre-operative serum NT-pro-BNP is a strong predictor of post-operative complications and mortality after cardiac surgery, performing as well as the euroSCORE and better than ejection fraction.
Eliasdottir et al. (2007) studied this question.
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