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Soluble neprilysin and survival in critically ill patients.

Max LenzKonstantin A KrychtiukMira BrekaloDominik F DraxlerNoemi PavoChristian HengstenbergKurt HuberMartin HülsmannGottfried HeinzJohann WojtaWalter S Speidl
Published in: ESC heart failure (2022)
At the time of ICU admission, circulating levels of neprilysin independently predicted 30 day mortality in patients following cardiac surgery or heart valve intervention, but not in critically ill medical patients. Furthermore, patients suffering from sepsis and septic shock displayed significantly increased circulating neprilysin levels.
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