Association of elevated B-type natriuretic peptide levels with angiographic findings among patients with unstable angina and nonST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Saihari Sadanandan, MD*,*,
Christopher P. Cannon, MD ,
Kasi Chekuri, MD*,
Sabina A. Murphy, MPH ,
Peter M. DiBattiste, MD ,
David A. Morrow, MD, MPH ,
James A. de Lemos, MD ,
Eugene Braunwald, MD and
C. Michael Gibson, MS, MD
* Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Merck & Co., West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

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Figure 1 Median B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in patients with an left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) versus non-LAD culprit lesion location and proximal/mid-LAD location versus distal culprit lesion location.
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