NPPB and heart failure: Standard laboratory parameters should also include markers of cardiac necrosis (creatinine kinase MB [CKMB], troponin I or T), of heart failure (N-terminal pro b‐type natriuretic peptide [NT-pro BNP] or BNP), of inflammation (leukocyte count and differential blood cell count, C‐reactive protein [CRP], or sedimentation rate).