Preoperative BNP level is associated with postoperative AKI in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
If confirmed in other types of patients and surgeries, preoperative BNP may be a valuable component of future efforts to improve preoperative risk stratification and discrimination among surgical candidates.
2012-03-20
Eng.
Circulation
Section of Nephrology, Yale University and VAMC, 950 Campbell Ave., West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
Circulation. 2012 Mar;125(11):1347-55
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