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Kaplan-Meier curves showing the cumulative incidence of death or hospital re-admission according to pre-discharge BNP ranges in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure; p<0.001 for trend among BNP ranges. Hazard ratios are shown on the right. From Logeart D, Thabut G, Jourdain P, et al: Predischarge B-type natriuretic peptide assay for identifying patients at high risk of re-admission after decompensated heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;43(4):639, with permission.
