Table 3.
Two‐Year Outcome of Patients With Normal and Elevated NTpBNP and Normal or Abnormal Echocardiography
| Normal Echo, Normal NTpBNP, n = 66 | Normal Echo, Elevated NTpBNP, n = 56 | Abnormal Echo, Normal NTpBNP, n = 59 | Abnormal Echo, Elevated NTpBNP, n = 252 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality | 1 | (1.5%) | 1 | (1.8%) | 0 | (0.0%)a | 22 | (8.7%)a |
| Hospitalization for heart failure | 0 | (0%)a | 4 | (7.3%)a | 0 | (0.0%)b | 32 | (13.6%)b |
| Myocardial infarction | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0.0%) | 5 | (2.1%) |
| Any event | 1 | (1.5%) | 5 | (8.9%) | 0 | (0.0%)b | 51 | (20.2%)b |
Abbreviations: NTpBNP, N‐terminal pro B‐type natriuretic peptide.
a
Significant at the P < 0.05 level.
b
Significant at the P < 0.001 level.