First results of the Rapid Emergency Department Heart Failure Outpatient Trial (REDHOT) show that testing for brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) when evaluating congestive heart failure (CHF) patients ...

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as well as its N-terminal fragment (NT-proBNP) can provide useful diagnostic and prognostic information in patients with acute dyspnea and chronic heart failure.

CHF. 2005;11(1):30-38. Primary sites of action of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in the nephron. Aldo=aldosterone; GFR=glomerular filtration rate; JGA=juxtaglomerular apparatus. Adapted with ...

You can follow a treatment plan and take medications as a doctor prescribes to manage congestive heart failure. Eat a heart-healthy diet and stay physically active to slow heart failure progression.

Some people with heart failure need to take multiple medicines each day in order to keep their symptoms under control. Heart failure not only leads to issues in the heart but other organs in the body ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Congestive heart failure is the most common diagnosis in elderly hospital patients, but more than a million of the 5 million Americans suffering from this condition are under 60.