To earn CME related to this news article, click here. March 20, 2009 — Routine use of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) testing in all severely dyspneic patients in the emergency department is not ...

Vienna, Austria - A randomized trial of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) testing vs standard clinical assessment for patients presenting with dyspnea shows that the addition of the test reduces the ...

(National) February 3, 2006 - Shortness of breath can be a sign of a lot of illnesses ranging from mild to life-threatening. A new blood test helps doctors zero in on who's suffering a serious one - ...

ATLANTA - In a trial of nearly 1,600 patients in the United States and Europe, a 15-minute blood test enabled emergency-room doctors to correctly diagnose congestive heart failure in 9 out of 10 cases ...

Secondary to hypertension, ventricular hypertrophy and remodeling are frequent causes of diastolic heart failure (HF), a condition associated with morbidity, hospitalization and mortality. Diagnosing ...

Heart failure is the fastest rising diagnostic condition in modern cardiology today. In the US alone, approximately one million new patients are diagnosed with heart failure each year. Many of these ...