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Department of Anaesthesia
Clinical utility of B-type natriuretic peptide (NP) in paediatric cardiac surgery: a systematic review
Abstract
dc:description.abstractB-type natruiretic peptide (NP) is a biomarker that has gained widespread use in several patient populations and clinical situations. It is a hormone secreted primarily by ventricular myocytes in response in myocyte stretch or ischaemia.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Department of Anaesthesia
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Afshani, Nura
- Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
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- Thomas, Jenny
- Biccard, Bruce M
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6561
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6561