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Is there a C-reactive protein value beyond which one should consider infection as the cause of acute heart failure?

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-018-0778-4

Published Online: 2018-02-27

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Pereira, Joana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2219-7142
Ribeiro, Ana

Ferreira-Coimbra, João

Barroso, Isaac

Guimarães, João-Tiago

Bettencourt, Paulo

Lourenço, Patrícia
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Article History

Received: 17 November 2017

Accepted: 15 February 2018

First Online: 27 February 2018

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: The protocol conforms to the ethical guidelines of the declaration of Helsinki and it was approved by the local ethics committee – Comissão de Ética para a Saúde do Hospital de São João. All patients provided written informed consent to participate in the study.

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