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Comparison of pleural N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide,midregion pro‐atrial natriuretic peptide and mid‐region pro‐adrenomedullin for the diagnosis of pleural effusions associated with cardiac failure |
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| Authors: | José M. Porcel Silvia Bielsa José L. Morales‐Rull Carme Civit Gonzalo Cao Richard W. Light Aureli Esquerda |
| Affiliation: | 1. Pleural Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, , Lleida, Spain;2. Pleural Diseases Unit, Laboratory Medicine, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, , Lleida, Spain;3. Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, , Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
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| Keywords: | heart failure hepatic hydrothorax natriuretic peptide pleural effusion pro‐adrenomedullin |