Abstract:
AIM:Evaluation of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) to confirm or disprove heart failure in community patients complaining of dyspnoea. METHODS AND RESULTS:General practitioners referred 345 consecutive patients complaining of dyspnoea to our hospital-based clinic, where a diagnosis was established based on a combined programme for heart and lung diseases including echocardiography. The level of NT-proBNP in plasma was also measured. The mean (S.D.) concentration of NT-proBNP in patients with heart failure was significantly higher, 189 (270) pmol/l in patients with heart failure (n=81), than in patients with non-cardiac dyspnoea (n=264), 17 (38) pmol/l (P<0.001). In patients > or = 50 years NT-proBNP <11 pmol/l for men and <17 pmol/l for women excluded heart failure with a negative predictive value of 97% while the positive predictive value was 53%, the sensitivity 95% and the specificity 68%. Areas under receiver operator characteristic curves for men and women were 0.93 and 0.90, respectively. CONCLUSION:In a relevant setting of primary care patients complaining of dyspnoea, NT-proBNP seems promising for disproval of heart failure, and this test may reduce the need for echocardiographic screening with 50%. However, the discrimination levels of NT-proBNP found in this study may need prospective confirmation, before the test can be generally recommended.
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Eur J Heart Failjournal_title
European journal of heart failureauthors
Nielsen LS,Svanegaard J,Klitgaard NA,Egeblad Hdoi
10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.10.003keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2004-01-01 00:00:00pages
63-70issue
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1388-9842issn
1879-0844pii
S1388984203002022journal_volume
6pub_type
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