B type natriuretic peptide testing: where are we now?
Population
Patients with heart failure or patients with new symptoms
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
BNP supports ruling out HF with new symptoms; leaves open routine monitoring pending prospective trials.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients with heart failure or patients with new symptoms
I
Intervention
Plasma B type natriuretic peptide (BNP) measurement
BNP testing is currently useful for ruling out heart failure in patients with new symptoms and may become routine for monitoring heart failure.
Cite This Study
Martín Cowie (2004) studied this question.