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clinical guidelines only recommend use of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels for confirmation of diagnosis. After analyzing data from a large US registry, Fonarow and co-workers have found ...

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The authors found that female gender, in addition to diastolic function, is an independent predictor of brain natriuretic peptide levels in the elderly without systolic ventricular dysfunction.

BNP levels are highly predictive of cardiac events within 6 months. In a study of 325 patients presenting with dyspnea to an emergency department, patients with BNP levels >480 pg/mL had a 51% ...