Hospitalization and medical cost of patients with elevated serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels

• Toshiro Kitagawa ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: toshirok@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5433-2428

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• Noboru Oda,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Mariko Mizukawa,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Takayuki Hidaka,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Makiko Naka,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Susumu Nakayama,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Yasuki Kihara

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan, Heart Failure Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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