TY - JOUR AU - Brügger-Andersen, Trygve AU - Pönitz, Volker AU - Staines, Harry AU - Pritchard, David AU - Grundt, Heidi AU - Nilsen, Dennis WT PY - 2008 DA - 2008/11/25 TI - B-type natriuretic peptide is a long-term predictor of all-cause mortality, whereas high-sensitive C-reactive protein predicts recurrent short-term troponin T positive cardiac events in chest pain patients: a prognostic study JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 34 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Few studies have addressed whether the combined use of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) improves risk stratification for mortality and cardiovascular events in a population with chest pain and suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Therefore, we wanted to assess the incremental prognostic value of these biomarkers with respect to long-term all-cause mortality and recurrent troponin T (TnT) positive cardiac events in 871 patients admitted to the emergency department. SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-8-34 DO - 10.1186/1471-2261-8-34 ID - Brügger-Andersen2008 ER -