The authors found that female gender, in addition to diastolic function, is an independent predictor of brain natriuretic peptide levels in the elderly without systolic ventricular dysfunction.

Aims To examine whether self-rated disease-specific and generic quality of life predicts long-term mortality, independent of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels ... with high and low QoL ...

the walls indeed do stretch from the increased cardiac pressures resulting in high serum levels of BNP. Nesiritide is a recombinant form of B-type natriuretic peptide and is used for the treatment ...

The initial primary use of measuring b-type natriuretic peptide ... BNP levels play an important prognostic role in other cardiac conditions. Patients with high BNP levels during acute coronary ...

Now researchers think NPY should be tested alongside the hormone currently used to diagnose heart failure, B-type natriuretic Peptide (BNP ... measuring for very high levels neuropeptide Y ...