Are b-type natriuretic peptide levels a surrogate marker for invasive hemodynamics during management of patients with severe heart failure?
In patients with severe heart failure, BNP levels do not accurately predict serial hemodynamic changes and do not obviate the need for pulmonary artery catheterization.
In individuals with type 2 diabetes, FMD is impaired in subjects with microalbuminuria and is associated with IMT and PWV only when these values are not increased, i.e., at an early stage of atherosclerosis.