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Plasma BNP assay performed on the day of the patients' enrollment showed that the BNP levels in the patients with pneumonia accompanied by heart failure were significantly higher than the BNP levels in the patients with simple pneumonia (*P<0.05). No significant differences were observed in the BNP levels between the patients of the simple pneumonia group and those of the healthy control group. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. BNP, B-type natriuretic peptide.
