%0 Journal Article
%T Usefulness of amino terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in evaluating children with cardiac failure
%A Isoken A. Isah
%A Nosakhare J. Iduoriyekemwen
%A Wilson E. Sadoh
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2017
%X Cardiac failure is defined as a clinical syndrome in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body¡¯s demands, to dispose of venous return adequately or a combination of both (1). It contributes significantly to childhood morbidity and mortality globally (2,3). The prevalence of heart failure from various studies done within Nigeria has ranged from 5.8¨C15.5% (4-6), while the mortality rates reported for children from this disease condition has ranged from 5.34¨C33.2% (5,6), thus identifying heart failure as a significant contributor to childhood mortality
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