Biomarkers in congenital heart disease: do natriuretic peptides hold the key?

R Alonso-Gonzalez, K Dimopoulos - Expert Review of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Congenital heart disease is the most common congenital abnormality. The long-term
prognosis of these patients has changed significantly over the last half century, thanks to …

Visit-to-Visit B-type natriuretic peptide variability during the previous year has independent prognostic value in patients with stable chronic heart failure

N Kagiyama, T Yuri, A Hayashida, A Hirohata… - Cardiology, 2019 - karger.com
Background: There is wide variability of visit-to-visit (V2V) B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in
patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), even when they are stable. The prognostic …

Pulmonary hypertension: Barrier or just a bump in the road in transplanting adults with congenital heart disease

JN Menachem, EY Birati, P Zamani… - Congenital Heart …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of death in adults with congenital heart
disease (ACHD). Identification of disease progression and timing of referral for advanced …

Transplantation and mechanical circulatory support in adult congenital heart disease-related advanced heart failure

JN Menachem, LJ Burchill - Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart …, 2018 - Springer
Heart transplantation has become an increasingly common and effective therapy for adults
with end-stage congenital heart disease (ACHD) because of advances in patient selection …

[PDF][PDF] Adult congenital heart disease in Greece: need for a step forward

G Parcharidis - Hellenic J Cardiol, 2011 - hellenicjcardiol.org
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is common, occurring in~ 8 of 1000 live births, with 90% of
children born with heart defects surviving to adulthood. This has occurred mainly due to the …

[引用][C] The aetiology of heart failure

CE Jackson, RS Gardner, CJ Whelan… - Oxford Textbook of …, 2022 - Oxford University Press

Brain natriuretic peptide level in a small series of children and grown-ups with congenital heart defects with chronic cardiac failure

G Grutter, S Alfieri, F Parisi - Cardiology in the Young, 2013 - cambridge.org
The present study assessed the usefulness of brain natriuretic peptide in evaluating the
cardiovascular status in children and grown-ups with congenital or acquired disease …

Medical Therapy for Chronic Right Ventricular Failure in Congenital Heart Disease

SL Roche - Right Ventricular Physiology, Adaptation and Failure in …, 2018 - Springer
The clinical importance of right ventricular (RV) function has been increasingly recognised in
populations with and without congenital heart disease (CHD). CHD patients most at risk of …

动脉导管未闭介入封堵前后NT-proBNP 变化及意义

李丽, 方臻飞, 吕春美, 朱丹 - 中西医结合心脑血管病杂志, 2012 - cqvip.com
目的探讨成人动脉导管未闭介入封堵术前, 术后不同时间点血浆氮末端脑钠肽前体(NT-proBNP)
浓度的变化, 及与肺动脉压力变化的规律. 方法选成功行介入封堵术的动脉导管未闭(PDA) …

检测尿B 型利钠肽在心力衰竭患者预后判断中的价值

符震球, 顾光大 - 医学研究杂志, 2012 - cqvip.com
目的探索尿BNP 在心力衰竭中预后价值. 方法本研究纳入52 例心力衰竭患者, 检测尿BNP
和血浆BNP. 对心力衰竭患者进行心功能分级及心脏超声检查. 统计分析尿BNP 和血浆BNP …