Natriuretic peptide-guided therapy in chronic heart failure: a meta-analysis of 2,686 patients in 12 randomized trials.

<h4>Background</h4>The role of cardiac natriuretic peptides in the management of patients with chronic heart failure (HF) remains uncertain. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether natriuretic peptide-guided therapy, compared to clinically-guided therapy, improves mortality and...

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Main Authors: Gianluigi Savarese, Bruno Trimarco, Santo Dellegrottaglie, Maria Prastaro, Francesco Gambardella, Giuseppe Rengo, Dario Leosco, Pasquale Perrone-Filardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23472172/?tool=EBI