… chronic heart failure. Whether or not our results can be extrapolated to all patients with chronic
heart failure … In conclusion, the present results show that rapid-bedside measurement of …

… Using a recently developed rapid BNP assay (Biosite Diagnostics, … congestive heart failure
(CHF). To test this hypothesis, we observed the relationship between BNP measurements …

… Recently, a pilot study using a rapid (15-minute) whole-… that bedside measurement of B-type
natriuretic peptide added to the ability of the physician to diagnose congestive heart failure …

… Studies in recent decades on alterations in cardiac performance of heart failure have focused
largely on measures of flow, pressure and cardiac chamber volume while changes in the …

… measurements to guide treatment improves the outcome in patients with acute heart failure.
… bedside point-of-care BNP levels would alter management and improve patient outcomes in …

… The BNP rapid assay measures the presence of BNP levels present in the circulating …
diagnosis of congestive heart failure. It is a simple blood test that can be done at the bedside or at …

… Studies in patients with heart failure used IVC measurements to estimate elevated cardiac …
This study concluded that US IVC measurements were “rapid, readily available, inexpensive, …

… Congestive heart failure (CHF) is among the most frequently encountered cardiac diagnoses,
… Rapid measurement of either BNP or NT pro-BNP seems useful, especially in the triage of …

… their ability to reflect processes behind the presence, exacerbation, and complication of HF,
biomarkers provide important prognostic value beyond that already available at the bedside …

… A device to rapidly measure BNP levels has recently been approved by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) (Biosite Diagnostics, San Diego, CA). Because BNP has a half-life of 22 …