I wonder if major non LV-stretch related etiologies should be mentioned as etiologies of elevated BNP.
The paper below sums up massively elevated NT-pro-BNP in cancer patients, which I have seen twice in practice in oncology patients without signs of CHF on complete cardiovascular physical exam.
Have you seen this in your practice? Any other “false positive” etiologies to think of in BNP elevation?
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I wonder if major non LV-stretch related etiologies should be mentioned as etiologies of elevated BNP.
The paper below sums up massively elevated NT-pro-BNP in cancer patients, which I have seen twice in practice in oncology patients without signs of CHF on complete cardiovascular physical exam.
Have you seen this in your practice? Any other “false positive” etiologies to think of in BNP elevation?
Reference:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/chf.12018