Personalized evaluation of NT-proBNP and clinical characteristics in suspected heart failure: the PRECISE-HF study.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is recommended to guide echocardiography referral in community-based patients with suspected heart failure (HF), but diagnostic performance is influenced by individual characteristics including age, ethnicity, kidney function, cardiac rhythm, and...