The Role of Natriuretic Peptides for the Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Joint Authors
Nuti, Ranuccio
Palazzuoli, Alberto
Beltrami, Matteo
Ruocco, Gaetano
Pellegrini, Marco
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Natriuretic peptides (NPs) are entered in current guidelines for heart failure (HF) diagnosis and management because of their high specificity and sensibility in screening patients with acute dyspnea.
Due to their availability and relatively low cost, they became the first step examinations in HF patients evaluation at hospital admission together with clinical and chest radiography examination.
NPs are released following any cardiac haemodynamic stress due to volume or pressure overload and should be considered as a mirror of cardiac condition helping in recognizing patients with poor outcome.
Moreover, the exact role of NPs in early HF stages, in isolated diastolic dysfunction, and in general population is questioned.
Several promising reports described their potential role; however, the wide cut-off definition, inclusion criteria, and intrinsic measurement biases do not actually consent to their clinical application in these settings.
A multimodality strategy including both NPs and imaging studies appears to be the best strategy to define the cardiac dysfunction etiology and its severity as well as to identify patients with higher risk.
In this review, we describe the current and potential role of NPs in patients with asymptomatic cardiac insufficiency, evaluating the requirement to obtain a better standardization for imaging as for laboratory criteria.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Palazzuoli, Alberto& Beltrami, Matteo& Ruocco, Gaetano& Pellegrini, Marco& Nuti, Ranuccio. 2013. The Role of Natriuretic Peptides for the Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Dysfunction. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1012878
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Palazzuoli, Alberto…[et al.]. The Role of Natriuretic Peptides for the Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Dysfunction. The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1012878
American Medical Association (AMA)
Palazzuoli, Alberto& Beltrami, Matteo& Ruocco, Gaetano& Pellegrini, Marco& Nuti, Ranuccio. The Role of Natriuretic Peptides for the Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Dysfunction. The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1012878
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1012878