Is human atrial natriuretic peptide in fetal blood useful as a parameter to detect the decompensate state of the fetal heart?
In nonimmunologic hydrops fetalis associated with heart anomaly, plasma human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP) values in umbilical venous blood were significantly higher than those in normal infants. These findings indicate that significant release of hANP from atria is induced by the decompensatory state of the fetal heart.
Shimokawa
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Sumioki
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Miyamoto
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Maeda
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Yamaguchi
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Nakano
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D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis
D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor