Acute decompensated heart failure is one of the most important causes of hospitalisation worldwide. Natriuretic peptides have shown their usefulness in the diagnosis and management of heart failure. Their variations during hospitalisation also appear useful to predict outcomes. In particular, data from the literature demonstrate that reduction from admission to discharge of brain natriuretic peptide and N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide in these patients is a predictor of future cardiovascular events.
Salvatore Di Somma, Laura Magrini, and Enrico Ferri.
Emergency Medicine Department, Sant' Andrea Hospital, II Medical School, University La Sapienza, Via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy. salvatore.disomma@uniroma1.it
Crit Care. 2011 Jan 1;15(1):116.
AbstractAcute decompensated heart failure is one of the most important causes of hospitalisation worldwide. Natriuretic peptides have shown their usefulness in the diagnosis and management of heart failure. Their variations during hospitalisation also appear useful to predict outcomes. In particular, data from the literature demonstrate that reduction from admission to discharge of brain natriuretic peptide and N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide in these patients is a predictor of future cardiovascular events.