title: [Brain natriuretic peptide and heart failure, from bench to bedside].
abstract: Diagnosing or managing heart failure may still remain difficult. BNP and NT proBNP are neurohormones specifically secreted by myocytes. They have proved their effectiveness to improve clinician's diagnostic accuracy for diagnosing heart failure. BNP use is now recommended by European Society of Cardiology guidelines but multiplication of publications about BNP and NTProBNP show new possible applications for natriuretic peptides.
authors.affiliation: Unité thérapeutique d'insuffisance cardiaque et service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier R.-Dubos, 95300 Pontoise, France. patrick.jourdain@ch-pontoise.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jourdain
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Funck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bellorini
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
vernacular_title: Brain natriuretic peptide et insuffisance cardiaque, de la recherche à la pratique clinique.