N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Predicts Total and Cardiovascular Mortality in Individuals with or without Stable Coronary Artery Disease: The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study

Abstract

NT-pro-BNP is predictive of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in individuals with or without stable angiographic CAD independently of other cardiovascular risk factors, coronary atherosclerosis, and cardiac function.