2011年
Association Between Echocardiographic Parameters and Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Treated Hypertensive Patients
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPERTENSION
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- 巻
- 33
- 号
- 3
- 開始ページ
- 187
- 終了ページ
- 191
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.3109/10641963.2010.531851
- 出版者・発行元
- INFORMA HEALTHCARE
We examined which echocardiographic parameter correlated best with plasma brain natriuteric peptide (BNP) levels in treated hypertensive patients. Enrolled in the study were 122 treated hypertensive patients (70 +/- 9 y). The left ventricular mass index and left atrial dimension (LAD) were measured using echocardiography as indexes of left ventricular hypertrophy and left atrial enlargement, respectively. Among all the echocardiographic parameters, LAD correlated best with BNP (r = 0.343, p < 0.001). Stepwise regression analysis showed that LAD (beta coefficient = 0.513, p < 0.001) was independently associated with BNP. Left atrial enlargement, rather than left ventricular hypertrophy, may be clinically useful for predicting elevated BNP levels in treated hypertensive patients.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.3109/10641963.2010.531851
- ISSN : 1064-1963
- PubMed ID : 21446893
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000289894600008