Previous studies on the value of brain natriuretic peptide in diastolic dysfunction have been largely limited to male subjects. The authors found that female gender, in addition to diastolic ...

Mendelian randomization was used to evaluate the potential causal association between N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and ischemic stroke based on summary statistics data from ...

Testing for natriuretic peptide markers, such as B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP), has emerged as an important tool for the diagnosis and risk stratification of ...

Methods 67 patients with their first anterior AMI (median age, 64 years; male, 76%) underwent prospective evaluation of plasma concentrations of the molecular forms of A-type and B-type natriuretic ...

Previous studies have shown that in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with heart failure, there is a disconnect between the perceived severity of congestive heart failure (CHF) by ...

The most studied NPs in heart failure (HF), B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), have ... Natriuretic peptides (NPs) are produced by ...

Natriuretic peptides, such as atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), are endogenously produced in the heart and are theorized to regulate blood volume and pressure. They ...

The primary outcome measures were N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, ...

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline on chronic heart failure for primary and secondary care in England recommends that patients with suspected heart failure ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — Soccer heading may cause more damage to the brain than previously thought, according to a new ... Concussions Slow Brain Activity of High School Football Players Nov. 27 ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A research team has discovered that the two key pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's -- tau protein and beta-amyloid -- affect brain circuits in ...