NT-proBNP may predict death, myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery
N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels before noncardiac surgery was strongly linked to myocardial injury and vascular death within 30 days after the procedure and may improve cardiac risk prediction along with the Revised Cardiac Risk Index, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. “We demonstrate that NT-proBNP is able to improve risk prediction in