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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2005) 2, 194-201
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0156  
Received 3 December 2004 | Accepted 28 February 2005

The prognostic value of N-terminal proB-type natriuretic peptide

Lisa C Costello-Boerrigter* and John C Burnett Jr

Correspondence *Cardiorenal Research Laboratory, Guggenheim 915, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA

Email
 costello.lisa@mayo.edu

The roles of N-terminal proBNP, an inactive amino acid product of BNP prohormone cleavage, seem to be many-fold in heart disease. Here, Lisa C Costello-Boerrigter and John C Burnett Jr explore some of the ways in which this biomarker can aid diagnosis and prediction of prognosis in various cardiovascular diseases.

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