Reduction in common heart hormone associated with improved outcomes and lower mortality

Reduction in common heart hormone associated with improved outcomes and lower mortality

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Heart failure patients discharged from the hospital with a reduced level of a common hormone produced by the heart had significantly lower rates of readmission and lower death rates, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City.

Researchers found that patients who attained a reduction level of a hormone called B-type natriuretic peptide, or BNP, over their heart failure hospitalization had a 30 percent lower rate of readmission to the hospital within 30 days of their original discharge compared to those without a reduction. They also had a significant 54 percent lower mortality rate …

https://www.newsrx.com/Butter/#!Search:a=14745663

(2017-12-02), Reduction in common heart hormone associated with improved outcomes and lower mortality, Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 2365, ISSN: 1532-4664, BUTTER® ID: 014745663