News:NT-proBNP Guided vs. Symptom-Guided Heart Failure Therapy

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(WikiDoc) - Cardiologists using N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) levels to guide treatment of heart failure patients may not see significant improvement over more standard symptom-guided therapy. A study, printed in JAMA, looked at 499 patients aged 60 or older who had been recently hospitalized for heart failure. It found that after 18 months, patients whose therapy was guided by N-terminal BNP did not experience a better quality of life or see improved overall clinical outcomes.