B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels and Mortality in Patients With and Without Heart Failure. | Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)

York MK, Gupta DK, Reynolds CF, Farber-Eger E, Wells QS, Bachmann KN, Xu M, Harrell FE, Wang TJ. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels and Mortality in Patients With and Without Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018 Dec 15;71(71). 2079-2088. PMID: 29747827 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5951190 NIHMSID: NIHMS958270.

Abstract

Circulating B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentrations strongly predict mortality in patients with heart failure (HF). Both cardiac and extracardiac stimuli influence BNP levels, suggesting that BNP might have similar prognostic value in patients without HF.