Damien Gruson, Angelika Hammerer-Lercher, Paul Collinson, Christopher Duff, Hannsjörg Baum, Kari Pulkki, Janne Suvisaari, Sanja Stankovic, Paivi Laitinen, Antoni Bayes-Genis
Natriuretic peptides (NP) play an essential role in heart failure (HF) regulation, and their measurement has improved diagnostic and prognostic accuracy. Clinical symptoms and objective measurements, such as NP levels, should be included in the HF definition to render it more reliable and consistent among observers, hospitals, and healthcare systems. BNP and NT-proBNP are reasonable surrogates for cardiac disease, and their measurement is critical to early diagnosis and risk stratification of HF patients. NPs should be measured in all patients presenting with dyspnea or other symptoms suggestive of HF to facilitate early diagnosis and risk stratification...
March 25, 2024: Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences