Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Apr 2021
Prognostic value of multimodal assessment of congestion in acute heart failure.
A physical examination has limited performance in estimating systemic venous congestion and predicting mortality in patients with heart failure. We have evaluated the usefulness of the N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), cancer antigen 125 (CA125), lung ultrasound findings, relative plasma volume (rPV) estimation, and the urea/creatinine ratio as surrogate parameters of venous congestion and predictors of mortality. ⋯ NT-proBNP and rPV are independent predictors of one-year mortality among patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure.