Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Testing for natriuretic peptide markers, such as B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP), has ...

B-type natriuretic peptide values above the 80th percentile (20.0 pg per milliliter for men and 23.3 pg per milliliter for women) were associated with multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios of 1.62 ...

Diastolic heart failure is common in the elderly, particularly women. Previous studies on the value of brain natriuretic peptide in diastolic dysfunction have been largely limited to male subjects.

Brain (B-type) natriuretic peptide is a neurohormone synthesized predominantly in ventricular myocardium. Although the circulating level of this neurohormone has been shown to provide independent ...

These include: B-type natriuretic peptide Brain natriuretic peptide NT-pro b-type natriuretic peptide N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide It might seem strange that a peptide your heart ...

ANP, BNP, and CNP are proving to be reliable biomarkers for a variety of conditions. Natriuretic peptides mainly consist of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and C ...

The natriuretic peptides are a family of related hormones that play a crucial role in cardiovascular homeostasis. They have recently emerged as potentially important clinical markers in heart failure.

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved a point-of-care B-type natriuretic peptide assay to be used in the diagnosis of HF. Nesiritide, a synthetic B-type natriuretic peptide ...

Our group previously identified elevated serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) as the most powerful predictor of overall survival. Others have reported that N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide ...

Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is released by ventricular cardiomyocytes in response to atrial or ventricular wall stretch, myocardial hypoxia, ischemia and fibrosis The prohormone (proBNP) splits ...

Acetazolamide is a diuretic that decreases proximal tubular sodium reabsorption, and may also reverse hypochloremia. Objectives: We assessed the decongestive, natriuretic, and chloride-regaining ...