Yang J, et al. - The researchers examined the relationship between serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and global clinical outcomes at 1 year after acute ischemic stroke onset in a large prospective cohort. They found that in ischemic stroke patients with elevated blood pressure, elevated NT-proBNP increased the risk of the composite outcome of death and vascular events and poor functional outcomes at 1 year after stroke onset. Therefore, this study suggested that NT-proBNP could be a potential prognostic factor for ischemic stroke.