SynthesisClinical cardiology2025
Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Biomarker-Guided Versus Clinically Guided Management Strategies for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Voice recognition as an innovative method to identify and monitor heart failure - a review.Heart failure reviews · 2026Review
- Advances in Congestion Assessment in Decompensated Heart Failure.Cardiac failure review · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundNatriuretic peptides (NP) are widely used to diagnose heart failure (HF), but their role in guiding treatment remains uncertain. We performed a randomized trial meta-analysis comparing NP-guided therapy to usual care in acute decompensated HF.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane for RCTs comparing NP-guided therapy to usual care in acute decompensated HF. Outcomes included all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, and a composite of mortality and HF hospitalizations (reported as RR and 95% CI). Heterogeneity was assessed using I
resultsWe included 9 RCTs with 3992 patients, of whom 2007 (50.3%) underwent NP-guided treatment. The median follow-up was 12 months. All-cause mortality (RR: 0.84; 95% CI: 0.69-1.01; p = 0.069; I
conclusionAlthough NP-guided therapy showed a statistically significant benefit in time to all-cause mortality, this was not consistently reflected across other endpoints, and its overall clinical impact remains uncertain.
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