What did the committee agree to with regards to the 2010 guideline recommendations for patients with any previous MI?
The committee agreed to remove the recommendation from the 2010 guideline suggesting that a serum natriuretic peptide test should be considered when heart failure is still suspected after transthoracic Doppler 2D echocardiography has shown a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction, and to remove the distinction between patients with and without previous MI from the diagnostic pathway. The committee noted that all patients should receive an NT-proBNP level and therefore this recommendation was no longer necessary.