PMID- 18550922
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081003
LR  - 20191110
IS  - 1527-5299 (Print)
IS  - 1527-5299 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008 May-Jun
TI  - Invasive and noninvasive correlations of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients 
      with heart failure due to Chagas cardiomyopathy.
PG  - 121-6
AB  - Heart failure due to Chagas cardiomyopathy (HFCC) differs from failure with other 
      etiologies because of the occurrence of intense inflammatory infiltrate and right 
      ventricle compromise. This article investigates correlations of B-type 
      natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels with parameters of severity in HFCC. 
      Twenty-eight patients and 8 normal controls underwent heart catheterization and 
      clinical and laboratory analyses. BNP levels were higher in patients with HFCC 
      (P<.0001) and correlated with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class; right 
      atrial pressure; wedge pressure; cardiac output; levels of serum sodium, 
      hemoglobin, urea, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha; and ejection fraction. 
      Interferon-gamma and transforming growth factor-beta did not correlate with BNP 
      level. The authors conclude that BNP levels are elevated in patients experiencing 
      HFCC, irrespective of NYHA class, and that the occurrence of HFCC correlates with 
      severity of disease.
FAU - Vilas-Boas, Fabio
AU  - Vilas-Boas F
AD  - Heart Failure Clinics and Academic Research Department of Santa Izabel Hospital, 
      Salvador, BA, Brazil. fabiovboas@cardiol.br
FAU - Feitosa, Gilson Soares
AU  - Feitosa GS
FAU - Soares, Milena B P
AU  - Soares MB
FAU - Pinho-Filho, Joel Alves
AU  - Pinho-Filho JA
FAU - Nascimento, Thais
AU  - Nascimento T
FAU - Barojas, Marcos M
AU  - Barojas MM
FAU - Andrade, Marcus V S
AU  - Andrade MV
FAU - Ribeiro-Dos-Santos, Ricardo
AU  - Ribeiro-Dos-Santos R
FAU - Bocchi, Edimar
AU  - Bocchi E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Congest Heart Fail
JT  - Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.)
JID - 9714174
RN  - 114471-18-0 (Natriuretic Peptide, Brain)
SB  - IM
MH  - Cardiac Catheterization
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Chagas Cardiomyopathy/blood/*complications/physiopathology
MH  - Diastole
MH  - Exercise Tolerance
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/blood/*etiology/physiopathology
MH  - Hemodynamics
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/*blood
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Systole
EDAT- 2008/06/14 09:00
MHDA- 2008/10/04 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/14 09:00
PHST- 2008/06/14 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/10/04 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/14 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2008.08166.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Congest Heart Fail. 2008 May-Jun;14(3):121-6. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1751-7133.2008.08166.x.