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Status in clinical application of brain natriuretic peptide

  

  1. 1.Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University,
    Shijiazhuang 050051,China; 2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Traditional Chinese
    Medicine Hospital of Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
  • Online:2017-04-05 Published:2017-03-31
  • Contact: Corresponding author:Feng Zhongjun,Email:fzjdoc@163.com

Abstract: Brain natriuretic peptide(BNP) is a biological marker for diagnosis of heart failure(HF), it further shows a wide range of potential applications in prognosis and treatment in other diseases. Due to differences in various countries, a  large prospective clinical research work should be done to further elucidate. BNP  will play a more important role in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, especially in HF.

Key words: natriuretic peptide, brain;heart failure;kidney disease;diabetes, type 2