Natriuretic Peptide Testing in Primary Care

Natriuretic Peptide Testing in Primary Care

The incidence, as well as the morbidity and mortality associated with heart failure (HF) continue to rise despite advances in diagnostics and therapeutics. A recent advance in the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to HF is the use of natriuretic peptide (NP) testing, including both B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its amino terminal cleavage equivalent (NT-proBNP). NPs may be elevated at ...

Natriuretic peptide testing in heart failure.

Case presentation 1: A 78-year-old woman with a history of morbid obesity, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic kidney disease (serum creatinine 2.0 mg/dL) presented to the emergency department with worsening dyspnea. Her ECG shows no acute ischemic changes; her chest radiograph reveals chronic emphysematous changes with mild bilateral infiltrates. Her lun...

Atrial natriuretic peptide in primary pulmonary hypertension.

Plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) were determined during cardiac catheterization in nine patients with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) and the effect of prostacyclin infusion via a right heart catheter studied. The role of hypoxia on the release of ANP was investigated in a control group of six normal subjects who underwent an acute hypoxic challenge. Patients showed the ty...

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Evaluation of Serum Levels of N-terminal Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Neonates with Respiratory Distress

Background: Acute respiratory distress (ARD) is a critical respiratory failure due to lung injury of neonates leading to the clinical appearance of poor lung compliance. The aimed of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic values in differentiating respiratory from heart diseases with using of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro BNP) and Atrial natriuretic peptide(ANP) in neonates...