title: [Interest of BNP value after cardiac resynchronisation therapy].
abstract: Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) induces, among responders, an early but sustained decrease of BNP levels. The changes of this parameter at 6 months, as well as its relative variations over the same time period, allow identification of the patients susceptible to benefit from CRT. Measurements of BNP levels might offer a useful tool for treatment optimisation in this particularly frail group of patients.
authors.affiliation: Université de Liege, Belgique.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martin y Porras
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoffer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boland
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lenom
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial
chemical_list: D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain