title: Plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide: a potential marker for HIV-related cardiomyopathy.
abstract: One of the most common and life-threatening cardiovascular complications of HIV-infection is severe global left ventricular dysfunction due to primary heart muscle disease. At present, there is no single, cost-effective and reliable method of identifying the highly prevalent HIV-related cardiac dysfunction. Nonetheless, growing evidence supports the hypothesis that brain natriuretic peptide measurement has the potential to detect patients who develop HIV-related cardiomyopathy. If true, this hypothesis would have important clinical and public health implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA.
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrillo-Jimenez
authors.forename: Gervasio A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lamas
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Henneken
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain