Trending Cardiac Biomarkers During Pregnancy in Women With Cardiovascular Disease.

Soohyun A Chang Parm Khakh Mikyla L Janzen Terry LeeMarla KiessValerie RychelJasmine Grewal

Published in: Circulation. Heart failure (2022)

NT-proBNP remains steady over the course of pregnancy with a transient increase during labor and delivery with higher levels in subgroups of stable cardiac patients. NT-proBNP level of 200 pg/mL can be used in the diagnosis of heart failure/preeclampsia in the pregnant cardiac population.

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