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Figure 1 Box plots showing median levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) measured in the emergency department in patients with dyspnea not due to heart failure, in those with an adjudicated final diagnosis of non-systolic left ventricular dysfunction, and in those with systolic left ventricular dysfunction. CHF = congestive heart failure.
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