In the urgent-care setting, determining the cause of dyspnea has been difficult because traditional, subjective methods of distinguishing heart failure from pulmonary conditions leave a high level of ...

While B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels remain high in patients with end-stage heart failure with cardiogenic shock, these levels lose their prognostic value in patients using ventricular assist ...

Using Mendelian randomization, Roman Pfister of the University of Cambridge, UK and colleagues demonstrate a potentially causal link between low levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), a hormone ...

Diastolic heart failure is common in the elderly, particularly women. Previous studies on the value of brain natriuretic peptide in diastolic dysfunction have been largely limited to male subjects.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Addition of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor levels to models including B-type natriuretic ...

A simple blood test could help to forecast future risk for people living with a serious condition, according to research ...