New research at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals in the U.K. will evaluate whether the levels of NT-proBNP, a heart damage biomarker that serves as a prognostic marker of pulmonary hypertension, can be accurately measured in a finger-prick blood sample that can be taken by patients at home and sent by mail to laboratories (this is usually measured using blood taken from the arm, known as a venous blood sample). The study is important in order to establish the reliability of the NT-proBNP blood samples in remote monitoring. The project is funded by Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
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