CHANGES OF NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES PREDICT HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE: A META-ANALYSIS

Authors :: Carmen D'Amore
Enrico Vassallo
Bruno Trimarco
Milena Cecere
Pasquale Perrone-Filardi
Francesca Musella
Gianluigi Savarese
Laura Petraglia
Teresa Losco
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (12):A737
Publisher :: American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Abstract: The relationship between B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) plasma levels and risk of cardiovascular events in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) has been previously demonstrated. However, it is unclear whether changes of BNP and NT

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.drug_class
Plasma levels
medicine.disease
Heart failure
Meta-analysis
Internal medicine
Natriuretic peptide
Cardiology
Medicine
In patient
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists

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