Dr. John Boehmer answers the question: 'What Is A BNP Blood Test?' — -- Question: What is a BNP blood test, and should it be done on everyone with heart failure? Answer: A B-Type natriuretic ...

A B-type natriuretic peptide or brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), is a commonly performed blood test that is used to diagnose or rule out heart failure. Specifically, the test measures levels of the ...

Oct. 8, 2004 — Plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP, also known as B-type natriuretic peptide) levels are useful in the differentiation of dyspnea secondary to cardiac dysfunction and its precursor ...

Houston, TX - Risk assessments in heart-failure patients about to be discharged can save money without compromising effectiveness when based on the brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) assay rather ...

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 ...

A new brain chemical test that predicts which patients with heart attack symptoms are at higher risk of dying is paradoxically not being used in younger, healthier patients who could benefit the most ...

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) has not been evaluated in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). We hypothesized that BNP and severity of pulmonary hypertension (PH) would predict ...