The Potential Role of Salivary NT-proBNP in Heart Failure.

Aidonis Rammos Aris BechlioulisPetros KalogerasChris J WatsonPietro Salvo Tommaso LomonacoOlga KardakariEvanthia E TripolitiYorgos GoletsisDimitris I FotiadisChristos S KatsourasLampros K MichalisKaterina K Naka

Published in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

In the current study, saliva NT-proBNP correlated with serum values in ADHF patients, but could not discriminate between HF and other causes of dyspnoea. Further research is needed to explore the value of saliva NT-proBNP.

Keyphrases

heart failure
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
acute heart failure
patient reported outcomes