Acute heart failure in elderly patients admitted to the emergency department with acute dyspnea: a multimarker approach diagnostic study

Abstract

In this study, NT-proBNP alone exhibited the best diagnostic accuracy for diagnosing AHF in elderly patients presenting with acute dyspnea to the emergency departments. None of the other biomarkers alone or combined improved the accuracy compared to NT-proBNP, which is the only biomarker to use in this setting.