NT-proBNP and Its Correlation with In-Hospital Mortality in the Very Elderly without an Admission Diagnosis of Heart Failure

• Riccardo Sarzani ,

  * E-mail: r.sarzani@univpm.it

  Affiliations Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, University “Politecnica delle Marche”, Ancona, Italy

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• Francesco Spannella,

  Affiliations Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, University “Politecnica delle Marche”, Ancona, Italy

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• Federico Giulietti,

  Affiliations Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, University “Politecnica delle Marche”, Ancona, Italy

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• Massimiliano Fedecostante,

  Affiliation Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy

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• Piero Giordano,

  Affiliations Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, University “Politecnica delle Marche”, Ancona, Italy

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• Pisana Gattafoni,

  Affiliations Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, University “Politecnica delle Marche”, Ancona, Italy

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• Emma Espinosa,

  Affiliations Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, University “Politecnica delle Marche”, Ancona, Italy

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• Franco Busco,

  Affiliations Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy, Clinical Analysis Laboratory, Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy

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• Gina Piccinini,

  Affiliation Clinical Analysis Laboratory, Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy

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• Paolo Dessì-Fulgheri

  Affiliations Italian National Research Centre on Aging “U.Sestilli”, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, University “Politecnica delle Marche”, Ancona, Italy

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