FIG. 1.
(a,b) Patients were divided according to increasing values of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 into 3 groups (tertiles); value of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) at admission and NT-proBNP increases with the value of TIMP-1.
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