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Heart failure diagnosis: Impacts of atrial fibrillation on the diagnostic marker NT-proBNP

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A recent PLOS Medicine study shows that atrial fibrillation lowers the specificity of the biomarker NT-proBNP for heart failure. Adjusted thresholds and better echocardiography access are therefore required for NT-proBNP to remain as a high negative predictive value rule-out test in primary care.

Source: PLoS Medicine

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004782

Authors: Yang Chen, Garry McDowell, Gregory Y. H. Lip

Institutions: University of Liverpool, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool John Moores University, Medical University of Białystok, Aalborg University

Language: English

Topic: Heart Failure Treatment and Management

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $6,460