How well does B-type natriuretic peptide predict death and cardiac events in patients with heart failure: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess how well B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) predicts prognosis in patients with heart failure.

Design

Systematic review of studies assessing BNP for prognosis in patients with heart failure or asymptomatic patients.

Data sources

Electronic searches of Medline and Embase from January 1994 to March 2004 and reference lists of included studies.

Study selection and data extraction

We included all studies that estimated the relation between BNP measurement and the risk of death, cardiac death, sudden death, or cardiovascular event in patients with heart failure or asymptomatic patients, including initial values and changes in values in response to treatment. Multivariable models that included both BNP and left ventricular ejection fraction as predi

SUBMITTER: Doust JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC554905 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature