Why the study?
Does admission BNP level predict early and late cardiac mortality in patients with acute chest pain without ST-segment elevation?
Population
723 consecutive individuals with suspicious ischemic acute chest pain and no ST-segment elevation presenting…
Comparison
Admission B-type natriuretic peptide measurement vs BNP ≤101 pg/ml
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Admission BNP may stratify mortality risk in non-ST-elevation chest pain; hypothesis-generating for prospective validation before clinical use.
Does admission BNP level predict early and late cardiac mortality in patients with acute chest pain without ST-segment elevation?
Admission BNP is a strong independent predictor of 1-month and 1-year cardiac mortality in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute chest pain without ST-segment elevation.
Bassan et al. (2009) studied this question.
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