Is n-terminal brain natriuretic peptide a more powerful predictor of mortality than endothelin-1 , adrenomedullin and tumour necrosis factor-alpha in patients referred for consideration of cardiac transplantation?
A single measurement of NT-proBNP in patients with advanced CHF can help identify patients at the highest risk of death, and is a better prognostic marker than Et-1, Adm and TNF-alpha.
OB glue paste technique is easy to follow. The biological behaviors of the nude mouse human gastric cancer orthotopic transplantation models established with this technique are similar to the natural processes of growth and metastasis of human gastric cancer, and, therefore, can be used as an ideal model for experimental research of proliferative metastasis of tumors.