IMR Press / RCM / Volume 8 / Issue S5 / pii/1561094467436-1158983779

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Open Access Review
Circulating Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Acute Heart Failure
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1 Cardiac Care Unit and Heart Failure Program, San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2007, 8(S5), 13–21;
Published: 20 November 2007
Abstract
Natriuretic peptide (NPs) levels have achieved worldwide acceptance. They are excellent rule-in and rule-out biomarkers for patients presenting with dyspnea. In the hospital, NP levels may represent altered forms of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), including the inactive precursor molecule, pro-BNP. NP levels drop during hospitalization as the patient is decongested. In the future, NP levels may be used as a surrogate to titrate outpatient therapy.
Keywords
Dyspnea
Heart failure
Natriuretic peptides
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