Zomedica launches two canine assays for TRUFORMA, including NT-proBNP for heart disease and progesterone for breeding. The assays provide reference lab-level accuracy in-clinic, enhancing diagnostics ...

A discussion on the link between LVEF, nT-proBNP, and cardiac remodeling in predicting disease progression. Scott D. Solomon, MD: It’s important to remember that ejection fraction and natriuretic ...

Measuring N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels preoperatively among patients scheduled to undergo inpatient noncardiac surgery can strongly predict the risk of major cardiac ...

Women with preeclampsia had significantly higher median NT-proBNP levels compared with those with other hypertensive ...

NT-proBNP is a cornerstone biomarker in the diagnosis and management of heart failure. Despite its widespread use, important biological and analytical challenges remain. One of the most significant is ...

NT-proBNP testing should become compulsory for referring patients to specialist heart failure services to improve diagnosis of the condition in primary care, an expert report has said. The Alliance ...

At this year's congress of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Chicago, November 13-17, new data on the use of NT-proBNP to guide heart failure therapy was presented by study investigators from ...

Background and aim: Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and natriuretic peptide NT-proBNP are useful biomarkers in the evaluation of the sick heart. We aimed to detect a potential early postoperative myocardial ...

"HF algorithms are starting to recognize and include NT-proBNP in identifying stage B HF…Studies such as ours could provide insight and guidance as to when repeat measures may be useful. Future work ...

In this new subanalysis of data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in the Communities study, investigators assessed the risk of incident heart failure (HF) or death by race and sex, as influenced by ...

Dallas, TX - The addition of natriuretic peptide testing to the traditional clinical evaluation of patients with dyspnea of suspected cardiac origin cut the duration of emergency-department visits by ...

San Francisco, CA - Patients with stable coronary disease could potentially avoid echocardiographic or nuclear studies of ventricular function if their serum natriuretic peptide levels are low, ...