Cocoa flavanols reduce N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with chronic heart failure.

Rodney De PalmaImelda SottoElizabeth G WoodNoorafza Q KhanJane ButlerAtholl JohnstonMartin T RothmanRoger Corder

Published in: ESC heart failure (2015)

Reductions in blood pressure and NT-proBNP after HFDC indicate decreased vascular resistance resulting in reduced left ventricular afterload. These effects warrant further investigation in patients with chronic HF.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
left ventricular
heart failure
ejection fraction
aortic stenosis
hypertensive patients
heart rate
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
anti inflammatory
type diabetes
mitral valve
acute heart failure
blood glucose
skeletal muscle