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Pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a marker of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: a case report.

Franz MB, Guenthner-Biller MM, Kainer F, Schiessl B

Department for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Clinic of Munich, Maistrasse 11, 80802, Munich, Germany, maximilian.franz@med.uni-muenchen.de.

Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy is difficult to diagnose because of the technical limitations. We report on a diagnosis of severe pulmonary embolism during pregnancy using the serum parameter NT-proBNP as a marker for right ventricular dysfunction following pulmonary embolism.

Published 1 April 2008 in Arch Gynecol Obstet, 277(5): 439-40.
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