Acute on chronic heart failure—Which variations on B‐type natriuretic peptide levels?

Acute on chronic heart failure—Which variations on B‐type natriuretic peptide levels?

Abstract Objective Natriuretic peptides are useful diagnostic and prognostic markers in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute shortness of breath. However, B‐type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level represents a single snapshot in time, while changes relative to a patient'...

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Main Authors: Paulo Bettencourt PhD, Inês Chora, Filipa Silva, Patrícia Lourenço, W. Frank Peacock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
Subjects:
acute decompensated heart failure
B‐type natriuretic peptide
chronic heart failure
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12448

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