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Natriuretic peptides play a central role in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of heart failure and have been incorporated into major medical society guidelines to guide clinical practice.
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Supports guideline-directed natriuretic peptide use in heart failure; leaves open optimal implementation strategies.
This article reviews the nature and function of natriuretic peptides and explores their role in the diagnosis, management and treatment of heart failure. It examines how major medical societies have incorporated natriuretic peptides into their guidelines and suggests how this may affect practice in British hospitals.
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Wilson et al. (2010) studied this question. Natriuretic peptides play a central role in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of heart failure and have been incorporated into major medical society guidelines to guide clinical practice.
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