B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) is activated in patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), but the prognostic value of BNP in this setting has not been extensively studied. This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of the BNP level in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with severe AS.
Lim, P., Monin, J. L., Monchi, M., Garot, J., Pasquet, A., Hittinger, L., Vanoverschelde, J.-L., Carayon, A., & Gueret, P. (2004). Predictors of outcome in patients with severe aortic stenosis and normal left ventricular function : role of B-type natriuretic peptide. European Heart Journal (English Edition), 25(22), 2048-2053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehj.2004.09.033 (Original work published 2004)