NPPB and hydrops fetalis: After the conjoint use of BNP or NT-proBNP and MAGGIC risk score in patients with HF, the risk score was also significantly different (31.23 ± 6.46 vs. 25.25 ± 6.96, p<0.001) (Table 3).There were strongly significantly difference between them [0.61 (0.59~0.64) for death group and 0.45 (0.43~0.47) for alive group].