Untangling BNP and BMI: Does Obesity Limit the Predictive Capability of BNP in PAH?

Chest. 2018 Nov;154(5):1262. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.04.049.

Authors

Sarah K Medrek¹, Lana Melendres-Groves²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Electronic address: sarah.medrek@va.gov.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

PMID: 30409363
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.04.049

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary*
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain*
Obesity
Registries

Substances

Natriuretic Peptide, Brain