Acute on chronic heart failure-Which variations on B-type natriuretic peptide levels?
Paulo BettencourtInês ChoraFilipa SilvaPatrícia LourençoW Frank PeacockPublished in: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open (2021)
In this group of chronic stable HF patients, a doubling of BNP was observed in patients who required hospitalization for acute decompensated HF. BNP doubling may represent a useful parameter to reflect clinically relevant acute decompensated HF.