Improvement in Structural and Functional Echocardiographic Parameters During Chronic Heart Failure Therapy Guided by Natriuretic Peptides: Mechanistic Insights from the ProBNP Outpatient Tailored Chronic Heart Failure (PROTECT) Study

Abstract

NT-proBNP concentrations may serve as a non-invasive indicator of the state of cardiac structure and function in HF due to LVSD. Multiple, prognostically meaningful echocardiographic variables improved more significantly in patients treated with NT-proBNP-guided care vs. SOC.