NT-proBNP is a potential mediator between reduced ejection fraction and depression in patients with heart failure

Original article with Pedro Zuzarte as first author, with data collected in Canada. It studies patients with heart failure and proposes NT-proBNP as a possible mediator between reduced ejection fraction and depressive symptoms.

Key ideas

• First author; research linked to his PhD.
• Links a cardiac biomarker to depressive symptoms.
• Contributes to the hypothesis of shared pathophysiological pathways between the heart and mood.

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