Role of renal function and cardiac biomarkers (NT-proBNP and Troponin) in determining mortality and cardiac outcome in atheromatous renovascular disease.

Background And Aims: Patients with atheromatous renovascular disease (ARVD) have high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The cardiac markers N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and troponin (cTnT) are easily measured, yet not widely used in renal patients as they are thought to be inaccurate in renal disease. We aimed to see if these markers could be used as prognostic indicators of cardiovascular events (CVEs) and death in ARVD.