TCTMD

NT-proBNP May Hold the Key to Predicting Cardiac Risk Before Noncardiac Surgery

Measuring N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels preoperatively among patients scheduled to undergo inpatient noncardiac surgery can strongly predict the risk of major cardiac ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

NT-proBNP Level May Influence HF Risk Among Blacks vs Whites, Men vs Women

In this new subanalysis of data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in the Communities study, investigators assessed the risk of incident heart failure (HF) or death by race and sex, as influenced by ...
TCTMD

NT-proBNP Test Could Help Guide Hypertension Therapy: ARIC Analysis

In people with no history of CV disease, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels can predict a higher risk of developing CV disease across various blood pressure and pulse pressure ...
Medical Dialogues

High NT-proBNP Levels Linked to Longer Hospital Stay and Higher Mortality in HF Patients: Study

India: A new retrospective study from Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, has highlighted the critical role of ...
Medscape

NT-proBNP levels shown diagnostic for acute HF in the ER

Boston, MA - A prospective trial has confirmed suggestions from smaller studies that assays for the N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) can reliably indicate or rule out acute HF as ...
Nature

Serial measurements of NT-proBNP are predictive of not-high-dose anthracycline cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients

The aim of this study was to assess the value of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in predicting late cardiotoxicity in patients treated with not-high-dose chemotherapy (NHDC), and ...
Healio

NT-proBNP measured soon after heart attack may predict poor outcomes

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NT-proBNP may predict CV death, incident HF and fatal or nonfatal CV events after acute MI. The association was ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Heart Failure Therapies Show Limited Impact in Chagas Disease

Guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure (HF) were found to be ineffective in patients with HF caused by Chagas ...
MedPage Today

In These Patients, NT-proBNP Underestimates Heart Failure Risk

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Medscape

In COVID-19 Without HF, High NT-proBNP Predicts Mortality

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center Mortality goes up in tandem with admission natriuretic peptide levels in patients with severe ...
Healio

Empagliflozin safe, effective in HFrEF regardless of systolic BP, NT-proBNP levels

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Empagliflozin was safe and effective in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction regardless of systolic ...