Bethesda, MD - The assay for N-terminal brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) may be as clinically useful as the BNP test for screening patients in the emergency room with suspected acute heart ...

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 ...

BOSTON, MA—Baseline levels of NT-proBNP, as well as early changes in levels of the biomarker, provide prognostic information among patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) undergoing ...

Using an implantable loop recorder (ILR) to screen older individuals for atrial fibrillation (AF) may be more beneficial when NT-proBNP levels are high, according to a post hoc analysis of the LOOP ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Among older adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic HF, treatment with the SGLT2 inhibitor ...

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 ...

This new study investigated the relationship between cardiac function and hemodynamics among individuals presenting with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and normal levels of ...

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 ...

Blood pressure cuff Elevated NT-proBNP may represent a useful biomarker for the identification of individuals at high risk for CVD and mortality across the spectrum of blood and pulse pressures.

To explore the association of urinary N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations and closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants. A prospective longitudinal ...