The Impact of Body Mass Index on the Prognostic Value of N-Terminal proB-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Heart Failure: an Analysis from the Korean Heart Failure (KorHF) Registry.

Hack-Lyoung Kim Myung A Kim So Hee Oh Youngkeun Ahn Seong Woo Han Eun Seok Jeon Myeong-Chan Cho Jae-Joong Kim Byung-Su Yoo Mi Seung Shin Seok-Min Kang Shung Chull Chae Kyu-Hyung Ryunull null

Published in: International journal of heart failure (2019)

The prognostic value of NT-proBNP was more significant in nonobese patients than in overweight and obese patients in this HF population. BMI should be considered when NT-proBNP is used for risk estimation in HF patients.

Keyphrases

body mass index
end stage renal disease
heart failure
obese patients
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
bariatric surgery
peritoneal dialysis
weight gain
physical activity
patient reported outcomes
gastric bypass
cardiac resynchronization therapy