Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide in dialyzed patients: marker of cardiovascular disease or link to plasma refilling.

Conclusion: This study demonstrates that BNP is high in HDpts and decreases after HD. It is correlated with a good capacity for plasma refilling, with diabetes, CVD and short-term mortality risk.
PMID: 21240867 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)