Table 1 Sensitivity and specificity values in diagnosing graft rejection for the different BNP cutoff points

From: Ventricular natriuretic peptide (BNP) in heart transplantation: BNP correlation with endomyocardial biopsy, laboratory and hemodynamic measures

 

≤90 days: Rejection ≥2

>90 days: Rejection ≥3

BNP

Sensitivity

Specificity

Sensitivity

Specificity

 100

94

9

28

61

 200

71

44

17

85

 300

52

77

11

91

 400

42

85

11

94

 600

30

94

11

96

 800

15

98

6

97

1000

11

98

6

99

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