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Biomarkers versus traditional risk factors to predict cardiovascular events in very old adults: cross-validated prospective cohort study.

Bert VaesPaulien IndestegeTinne SerneelsEralda HegendörferPetra G van PeetRosalinde K E PoortvlietPierre WallemacqJacobijn GusseklooJan Degryse
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
This study tested new risk models to predict CV morbidity and mortality in very old adults. Especially, NT-pro-BNP showed a strong added predictive value. This opens perspectives for clinicians who are in need of an easily applicable strategy for CV risk prediction in very old adults.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular events
  • risk factors
  • coronary artery disease
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