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Are NT-proBNP levels elevated in severely obese individuals without known heart failure compared to nonobese patients with established heart failure?
Are NT-proBNP levels elevated in severely obese individuals without known heart failure compared to nonobese patients with established heart failure?
Severely obese individuals exhibit elevated NT-proBNP levels comparable to those seen in nonobese patients with NYHA class I heart failure, suggesting potential subclinical cardiac impairment.
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May indicate subclinical cardiac strain in severe obesity; hypothesis-generating and should not yet alter NT-proBNP interpretation.
Hermann-Arnhof et al. (2004) studied this question.
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