the aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (nt-pro bnp) and nitric oxide (no) with echocardiography (gold standard test) in diagnosis of canine cardiomyopathy. out of 374 cases, 82 cases showing cardiovascular abnormalities including 16 cases of cardiomyopathy were further selected for standardization of biomarkers. significant (p

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, C-reactive protein, and uri-nary albumin levels as predictors of mortality and cardiovascular events in older adults. impact of plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic pep-tide in severe chronic congestive heart failure: a substudy of the carvedilol prospective randomized cumulative survival (COPERNICUS) Studies of cardiopulmonary bypass in children: im...

The cardiac natriuretic peptides, ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide) and BNP (brain natriuretic peptide), are secreted by the heart in proportion to cardiac transmural pressures. They possess a wide range of effects in multiple tissues facilitating overall pressure/volume homoeostasis. The close relationship between plasma concentrations of these peptides and 'cardiac load' has led to their use a...

Background: Increased plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) have been identified as predictors cardiac dysfunction and prognosis in congestive heart failure ischemic disease. In severe sepsis patients, however, no information is available yet about the prognostic value peptides Egyptian patients. Aim: The aim present work to study relationship between amino-terminal pro-BNP, C-reacti...

AIMS We sought to define the predictive value and evolution of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels following transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI). METHODS AND RESULTS We investigated 91 consecutive patients who underwent TAVI (59 transfemoral [TF], 32 transapical [TA]) in our institution. The balloon-expandable valve was implanted in 75 and the self-expandi...

BACKGROUND Reductions in N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations after treatment have been associated with improved survival in people with congestive heart failure (CHF), but have not been reported in cats with CHF. OBJECTIVES To evaluate changes in NT-proBNP concentrations in cats with CHF after treatment and determine whether serial NT-proBNP measurements provi...

Correspondence to: Professor Paulo M Bettencourt, Unidade Cuidados Intermédios Medicina, Hospital S Joaõ, Alameda Hernani Monteiro, 4200 Porto, Portugal; pbettfer@ esoterica.pt _________________________ T he identification of natriuretic peptides led to an explosion of basic and clinical investigations to clarify their physiology, pathophysiologic role in heart failure, and clinical usefulness....