NPPB and atrial fibrillation: At 90 days, a higher proportion of patients with AF (89.4% vs 81.5%; P=.002) had an NT-proBNP level above 1000 pg/mL (to convert NT-proBNP values to pmol/L, multiply by 0.1182), and AF patients had higher NT-proBNP levels at all time points through 2 years of follow-up.