The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 372-376, March 2006

Prognostic value of plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in children with congenital heart defects and open-heart surgery

From the Division of Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, and Division of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Children’s Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Biostatistics and Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Received 11 May 2005; received in revised form 26 September 2005; accepted 18 October 2005.

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 Supported by the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

PII: S0022-3476(05)01032-2

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.10.039

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 372-376, March 2006