The heart is not only a pump, but also it is an endocrine organ. Cardiac stretch and overload stimulate the secretion of natriuretic peptides, which have a variety of beneficial actions, such as ...
Uppsala, Sweden - Levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), measured shortly after symptom onset, can accurately determine mortality risk in patients with ...
July 16, 2009 (Uppsala, Sweden) — N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was the only one of a panel of biomarkers that added significant prognostic information to conventional risk ...
At this year's congress of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Chicago, November 13-17, new data on the use of NT-proBNP to guide heart failure therapy was presented by study investigators from ...
"HF algorithms are starting to recognize and include NT-proBNP in identifying stage B HF…Studies such as ours could provide insight and guidance as to when repeat measures may be useful. Future work ...
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