Key result
B-type natriuretic peptide assays predict the probability of heart failure decompensation, helping patients receive faster treatment.
Why the study?
Do BNP assays help predict heart failure decompensation and facilitate faster treatment?
Do BNP assays help predict heart failure decompensation and facilitate faster treatment?
BNP assays are useful tools for predicting heart failure decompensation and enabling faster treatment.
May support faster HF treatment; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
In Brief B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) assays can help predict the probability of heart failure decompensation. Find out about the newest test and how it can help patients get faster treatment.
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Frazier et al. (2009) studied this question. B-type natriuretic peptide assays predict the probability of heart failure decompensation, helping patients receive faster treatment.
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