PubMed ID:
18362234
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2008
Affiliation: Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, 2024 E Monument St, Suite 2-600, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. bastor@jhsph.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.724187
Authors:
Wang X,
Lash JP,
Appel LJ,
Astor BC,
Bakris G,
Contreras G,
Corbin T,
Gassman J,
Hiremath L,
Lewis J,
Peterson G,
Pogue V,
Van Lente F,
Wilkening B,
Yi S
Higher levels of N-terminal prohormone brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) in several disease states, but few data are available in patients with chronic kidney disease or in blacks.