Regarding Assessment of Congestive Heart Failure,NT-ProBNP Can Be Measured

question 5

Multiple Choice

Regarding assessment of congestive heart failure,NT-proBNP can be measured.This protein is:

• A) the C-terminal portion of the prepro-hormone natriuretic peptide (BNP).
• B) the N-terminal fragment of pro-BNP.
• C) an isoenzyme that migrates separately from BNP on an electrophoresis.
• D) degraded by circulating proteases to form the final form of BNP.

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