This issue of Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia brings a paper entitled “The Usefulness of Admission Plasma NT-pro BNP Level to Predict Left Ventricular Aneurysm Formation after Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction”. The authors bring a cohort of 1,519 post-acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who were followed-uP for at least six months. Despite its observational and retrograde design, the authors were straightforward in looking for predictive variables that could foresee the occurrence of left ventricular aneurysms (LVA). Among other major clinical aspects such as previous coronary artery bypass graft, post-MI heart failure, younger age, smoking and no-reflow phenomenon; authors highlighted the importance of high NT-proBNP at admission as a predictor of LVA formation after acute STEMI.

I would probably highlight one weakness and a potentially positive aspect of their work.

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