European journal of heart failure

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Eur. J. Heart Fail. · May 2008

NT-proBNP response to dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts left ventricular contractile reserve in dilated cardiomyopathy.

Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and left ventricular (LV) inotropic reserve are major prognostic indexes in heart failure (HF). ⋯ NT-proBNP changes in response to dobutamine reflect improvement in LV contractility and constitute an independent predictor of LV inotropic reserve in patients with DC.

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