The role of natriuretic peptides in patients with chronic complex (mixed or multiple) heart valve disease

Autor: Harvey D. White, Rohan Jayasinghe, Boris Lowe, Ralph A.H. Stewart, Naylin Bissessor, Yong Shen Wee, Andrew Kerr, Luke Kevin Shanahan, Irene Zeng
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.). 16(2)
ISSN: 1751-7133
Popis: N-terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is an important biomarker of prognosis in heart failure and single valve disease. There are limited studies of complex valve disease. Patients with complex valve disease adopt a sedentary lifestyle, so symptoms may be difficult to detect. The authors aimed to determine whether NT-proBNP correlates with the severity of the valve lesion and underlying cardiac function and whether resting NT-proBNP predicts impaired peak VO2 in patients with complex valve disease. Forty-five patients with complex moderate to severe stenosis or regurgitation of the heart valves underwent a clinical assessment, echocardiography, resting NT-proBNP assessment, and formal cardiopulmonary exercise testing. In a multivariate analysis, the log NT-proBNP (β=−9.3, SE=1.9, P
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