title: Brain natriuretic peptide in the contemporary management of congestive heart failure.
abstract: Brain natriuretic peptide is a cardiac neurohormone that is secreted by the left ventricle in response to an increase in wall stress. Brain natriuretic peptide has emerged as a neurohormone with multiple roles in heart failure management. This review will discuss the role of brain natriuretic peptide in heart failure diagnosis, prognostic assessment, screening for asymptomatic left-ventricular dysfunction, and in the treatment of heart failure.
authors.affiliation: University of Auckland, Department of Medicine, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. c.wasywich@auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: Cara A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Wasywich
authors.forename: Gillian A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Whalley
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Doughty
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011379:Prognosis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain