B-type natriuretic peptide is released by cardiac myocytes in response to wall stretch. There are many hemodynamic effects of BNP which are beneficial in the setting of decompensated congestive ...

Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Testing for natriuretic peptide markers, such as B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP), has ...

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 ...

Obesity influences the thresholds, but even in nonobese patients with dyspnea, optimal cutoffs may be lower than recommended.

B-type natriuretic peptide, and another chemical derived from it (collectively referred to as BNP), are hormones secreted by the heart in response to injury and their levels in the blood are raised in ...

The natriuretic peptides, including proBNP (pro-brain natriuretic peptide), BNP (brain natriuretic peptide) and NT-proBNP (N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide) have become essential ...

The initial primary use of measuring b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is to determine the etiology of dyspnea in patients presenting to the emergency department. If the BNP level is significantly ...