Juice Apples is a term used to describe the best types of apples to use for producing apple juice. There are several factors that go into deciding what best means. Jump down the page a bit to the Juice Apples list section to see the list of apple varieties considered good for juicing.
Nineteen studies showed that elevated BNP levels in patients with heart failure are associated with an increased risk of death or cardiovascular events. 33 Pooled results from five studies showed that a BNP increase of 100 pg per mL caused a 35 percent increase in risk of death.
On the other hand, a person with known heart disease, who has a BNP level >1200 most likely does have CHF. Unfortunately, cardiac diseases other than CHF can produce BNP levels between 100 and 1200. This is the reason why the specificity of BNP for CHF is only 70 to 75%.