Utility of NT-proBNP for Identifying LV Failure in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis

• Qing-ping Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qing-ping Wang, Xiao-zhi Cao

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth People's Hospital of Wuxi, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, PR China, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Shaoxing Hospital of China Medical University and Central Hospital of Shaoxing County, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang, PR China

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• Xiao-zhi Cao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qing-ping Wang, Xiao-zhi Cao

  Affiliation Department of Caroliology, Fuzhou General Hospital, Nanjing Command, PLA, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China

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• Xue-dong Wang ,

  * E-mail: wxd729@126.com

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth People's Hospital of Wuxi, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, PR China

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• Juan Gu,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fifth People's Hospital of Wuxi, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, PR China

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• Li-min Wen,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Shaoxing Hospital of China Medical University and Central Hospital of Shaoxing County, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang, PR China

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• Li-ming Mao,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Shaoxing Hospital of China Medical University and Central Hospital of Shaoxing County, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang, PR China

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• Ping-nan Shan,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Shaoxing Hospital of China Medical University and Central Hospital of Shaoxing County, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang, PR China

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• Ai-guo Tang

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China

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