Abstract Natriuretic peptides are hormones released by the heart after acute or chronic aggression. They are produced exclusively by the heart and are, therefore, specific cardiac biomarkers. Recent pivotal studies have confirmed that they are useful in the diagnostic assessment of patients with dyspnea in the emergency room, with a high predictive value in ruling out acute heart failure, and they are indicated when there are doubts in clinical examination. They are also useful as prognostic markers and in monitoring […]

Heart failure (HF) is one of the leading causes of death, hospitalization, and rehospitalization worldwide. In spite of advances in treatment with new medications, devices, and heart transplantation, the condition is still associated with significant morbidity and mortality.1 One factor that likely contributes to this fact is the difficulty in titrating doses of drugs targeted at treating HF.2 […]