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B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as a Predictor of Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Complications in Elderly Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer 

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1 B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as a Predictor of Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Complications in Elderly Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer  Takashi Nojiri, MD, Masayoshi Inoue, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Hajime Maeda, MD, PhD, Yukiyasu Takeuchi, MD, PhD, Yasunobu Funakoshi, MD, PhD, Meinoshin Okumura, MD, PhD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 92, Issue 3, Pages (September 2011) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Preoperative B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in patients with and without postoperative cardiopulmonary complications. Patients with cardiopulmonary complications have significantly higher preoperative BNP levels than those without complications (p < ). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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