American Heart Journal
Volume 141, Issue 6 , Pages 925-932, June 2001

Plasma brain natriuretic peptide as a novel therapeutic indicator in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy during β-blocker therapy: A potential of hormone-guided treatment☆

First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Received 15 August 2000; accepted 20 February 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Katsuya Hata, MD, PhD, FACC, First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-1, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan.

PII: S0002-8703(01)86782-X

doi:10.1067/mhj.2001.115435

American Heart Journal
Volume 141, Issue 6 , Pages 925-932, June 2001

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