Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of individuals aged 75/76 years old with screening-detected elevated NT-proBNP levels.

Faris Al-KhaliliKatrin Kemp-GudmundsdottirEmma SvennbergTove FredrikssonViveka FrykmanLeif FribergMårten RosenqvistJohan Engdahl

Published in: Open heart (2020)

Elderly individuals with NT-proBNP levels ≥900 ng/L constitute a population at high cardiovascular risk even in the absence of diagnosed CHF or AF, and therefore merit further investigation.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
left ventricular
mitral valve
heart failure
ejection fraction