So an apple is better than its juice, raw apple juice is better than cooked apple juice you buy in stores, cooked juice better than reconstituted and cooked juice and reconstituted apple juice better than some random sweet 'juice' that happens to taste like apples made in a laboratory made from bacterial excretions and so on.
Conditions associated with elevated BNP other than CHF are as follows: 1  Acute renal failure and chronic renal failure. 2  Hypertension (HTN) 3  Pulmonary diseases such as pulmonary hypertension, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Higher levels of BNP or NT-proBNP are often associated with a worse outlook (prognosis) for the person. Normal results indicate that the person's symptoms are likely due to something other than heart failure. BNP or NT-proBNP test may be ordered in a doctor's office when a person has signs and symptoms that could be due to heart failure. These may include: 1  Difficulty breathing, shortness of breath. 2  Fatigue. 3  Swelling in the feet, ankles, legs, abdomen.