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Interest of BNP value after cardiac resynchronisation therapy
Martin y Porras M. , Hoffer E. , Boland J. , Lenom V. , Peters J.L.
Rev Med Liege 2009, 64(10),519-524Abstract : Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) induces, among responders, an early but sustained decrease of BNP levels. The changes of this parameter at 6 months, as well as its relative variations over the same time period, allow identification of the patients susceptible to benefit from CRT. Measurements of BNP levels might offer a useful tool for treatment optimisation in this particularly frail group of patients.
