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- Improving the care of patients dying of heart failure
Too many heart failure patients die in pain, short of breath, and with too much left unsaid. We can do better for them.
- How to use nesiritide in treating decompensated heart failure
Nesiritide, a recombinant formulation of BNP, is the first new parenteral drug in more than a decade to be approved for treating heart failure.
- How to assess and counsel the older driver
Suggesting that a patient stop driving is never easy, yet taking no action may have deadly consequences.
- The B-type natriuretic peptide assay: A rapid test for heart failure
This 15-minute test is highly sensitive and fairly specific and is useful in evaluating suspected heart failure in outpatients and in emergency care.
