NT-proBNP and Its Correlation with In-Hospital Mortality in the Very Elderly without an Admission Diagnosis of Heart Failure.

Riccardo SarzaniFrancesco SpannellaFederico GiuliettiMassimiliano FedecostantePiero GiordanoPisana GattafoniEmma EspinosaFranco BuscoGina PiccininiPaolo Dessì-Fulgheri

Published in: PloS one (2016)

Testing for NT-proBNP should be strongly recommended in the hospitalized very elderly, because of the very high prevalence of underlying HF and its impact on in-hospital mortality, to identify an underlying cardiac involvement that requires appropriate treatment.

Keyphrases

heart failure
middle aged
left ventricular
community dwelling
emergency department
acute heart failure