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Article: Urinary N-BNP suitable for heart failure diagnosis.
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- Drug Week
- Article date:
- April 2, 2004
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2004 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Urinary N-BNP levels are accurate markers of heart failure.
In a recent study, scientists in England "assessed the use of urinary natriuretic peptides [N-terminal proatrial natriuretic peptide (N-ANP) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (N-BNP) and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP)] in the diagnosis of heart failure."
"Thirty-four consecutive hospitalized heart failure patients (median age, 75.5 years; 14 female) were compared with 82 age-and gender-matched echocardiographically normal controls," explained L.L. Ng and coauthors at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
"All subjects provided plasma and urine ...