Do b-type natruiretic peptide levels stratify the risk for arrhythmia among implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients?
These results suggest that abnormally high BNP levels not only predict cardiac death, but also arrhythmic death in this patient population, and a low BNP level can serve to identify low risk patients. (c)
The renal domain of the damage index is associated with a shorter time to death when poverty, a strong predictor of this outcome, is removed from the model. Preventing renal damage in lupus patients has long-term prognostic implications.