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Figure 3 Cumulative incidence of heart failure according to plasma B-type natriuretic peptide level at baseline in Framingham participants. (Adapted, with permission from Wang TJ, Larson MG, Levy D, et al. Plasma natriuretic peptide levels and the risk of cardiovascular events and death. N Engl J Med 2004;350:655–63.)