Dr Gan Liangying
Chief physician of the Department of Nephrology, Peking University People’s Hospital, China
 

Clinical Application Value of NT-proBNP in Chronic Kidney Diseases Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • CKD complicated with CVD, especially HF death, is the main cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease.
  • NT-proBNP level stratification can effectively predict the risk of CKD complicated with HF, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality in patients with CKD stage 1-5.
  • The eGFR factor needs to be balanced for risk prediction for CKD patients using stratification cut-off value of NT-proBNP level.
  • NT-proBNP level stratification can not only predict the degree of cardiac function impairment (volume load), but also predict the renal function.

Dr Gan Liangying shares on how to interpret NT-proBNP values in the cardiac health management of CKD patients with HF.

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