To determine the effects of therapy for a patient who is being treated for heart failure, which la-boratory result will the nurse plan to review?
a. Troponin
b. Homocysteine (Hcy)
c. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
d. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)
ANS: D
Increased levels of BNP are a marker for heart failure. The other laboratory results would be used to assess for myocardial infarction (troponin) or risk for coronary artery disease (Hcy and LDL).
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