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Levels of N-terminal-pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-pro-BNP) and associated risk factors in systolic heart failure consequential to ischaemic heart disease

Surapaneni Janardhana Rao* , Sangram Biradar** 

** Postgraduate, ** Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Kalaburagi

 

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Dr. Sangram Biradar Associate Professor of Medicine Basaveshwar Hospital, Kalaburagi - 585 105

Received Date: 2016-03-12,
Accepted Date: 2016-04-12,
Published Date: 2016-04-30
Year: 2016, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Page no. 55-61, DOI: 10.26463/rjms.6_2_3
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Abstract

Background: Early identification of heart failure as a post-myocardial infarction is very important in a clinical setting. A study was planned to determine the levels of (N-terminal) NT-pro-( Brain Natriuretic Peptide) BNP in systolic heart failure consequential to ischaemic heart disease, and to find out the risk factors in those patients.

Material and methods: The levels of NT-pro-BNP was determined in 100 patients admitted to Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital, Kalaburagi, with a diagnosis of systolic heart failure having an ejection fraction<40% subsequent to ischaemic heart disease.

Results: The levels of NT-pro-BNP ranged between 358 pg/ml and 3000 pg/ml with a mean value of 2049 pg/ml and a median value of 1886 pg/ml. Conclusions: NT-pro-BNP level had a good predictive value for heart failure (p-0.03) 

<p><strong>Background:</strong> Early identification of heart failure as a post-myocardial infarction is very important in a clinical setting. A study was planned to determine the levels of (N-terminal) NT-pro-( Brain Natriuretic Peptide) BNP in systolic heart failure consequential to ischaemic heart disease, and to find out the risk factors in those patients.</p> <p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The levels of NT-pro-BNP was determined in 100 patients admitted to Basaveshwar Teaching and General Hospital, Kalaburagi, with a diagnosis of systolic heart failure having an ejection fraction&lt;40% subsequent to ischaemic heart disease.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>The levels of NT-pro-BNP ranged between 358 pg/ml and 3000 pg/ml with a mean value of 2049 pg/ml and a median value of 1886 pg/ml. Conclusions: NT-pro-BNP level had a good predictive value for heart failure (p-0.03)&nbsp;</p>
Keywords
Heart failure, myocardial infarction, NT-pro-BNP
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