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Written By: Agencies | Updated : November 15, 2017 9:40 AM IST
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Did you recently witness symptoms of cardiac arrest? A reduced level of common heart hormone might save you from visiting the doctor next time. A reduction in the level of a common hormone called B-type natriuretic peptide or BNP produced in the heart can significantly lower the rates of heart failure and minimise the risk of mortality among heart patients, reveals a new study. Heart failure is a chronic condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood with normal efficiency. Patients with lower hormone levels had a 30 percent less rate of readmission to the hospital compared to those without a reduction, along with a 54 percent lower mortality rate, the researchers noted.
"The relative changes in BNP may help physicians determine which patients could benefit from advanced medical therapies or screening for end-of-life care," said Jose Benuzillo, a researcher at the Intermountain Medical Centre Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. The researchers analyzed 6,887 heart patients who were recently discharged from hospitals. All the patients had a 30-day readmission rate of 21.1 percent and a 30-day mortality rate of 12.8 percent. But patients with reduced levels of BNP had a readmission rate of just 16.1 percent and a mortality rate of 7.1 percent after 30 days. Here is a detailed information on risk factors of heart disease.
Reduction in BNP among the heart failure patients was determined by calculating the relative difference in BNP levels between the newly admitted patients in the hospital and the discharged ones. Some 19 percent of the patients in the study had serial measurements, says the findings, presented at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association 2017 in California. Did you know these 5 signs of a silent heart attack you should be aware of!
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