Relation of Age, Severity of Illness, and Hemodynamics With Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients <20 Years of Age With Heart Disease - 21/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.05.034
Nancy C. Lin, MD a, Michael L. Landt, PhD b, Kathryn M. Trinkaus, PhD c, David T. Balzer, MD a, Henry W. Kort, MD d, Charles E. Canter, MD a, ⁎ 
a Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
b Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
c Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
d Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, Texas
Corresponding author: Tel: 314-454-4214; fax: 314-454-4280Résumé |
Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were obtained before cardiac catheterization in 193 pediatric patients with a variety of cardiac lesions. Age and functional status had strong relations to BNP values, with elevations of BNP levels associated with increasing functional disability and decreasing age. Mild but statistically significant correlations were found between BNP levels and right-sided cardiac pressures. In patients with volume-overloaded ventricles, BNP correlated with the degree of overcirculation.
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Vol 96 - N° 6
P. 847-850 - septembre 2005 Retour au numéro
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