Previous studies on the value of brain natriuretic peptide in diastolic dysfunction have been largely limited to male subjects. The authors found that female gender, in addition to diastolic ...

An assay measuring N-terminal pro-BNP, or NT-proBNP ... The initial primary use of measuring b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is to determine the etiology of dyspnea in patients presenting ...

The inactive N-terminal fragment of pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been linked to ventricular dysfunction in the general population, and is predictive of cardiac events. Corteville ...

Our study is limited by a small number of the study population, particularly the male subjects. Thus, the results of our study should be interpreted with caution. Our study found that female ...