title: Combining natriuretic peptides and necrosis markers in the assessment of acute coronary syndromes.
abstract: Management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is becoming more complex as the array of treatment options available to patients and physicians continues to expand. Cardiac biomarkers play an important role in risk stratification in ACS, and results of cardiac biomarker tests can be used to help guide choices between alternative therapies. In addition to biomarkers of myocyte necrosis, markers of neurohormonal activation, such as B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), provide important prognostic information in ACS. In the future, multimarker strategies that incorporate panels of cardiac biomarkers are likely to be used for risk stratification and for pathophysiology-guided treatment in patients with ACS.
authors.affiliation: Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Lemos
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Morrow
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D052279:Creatine Kinase, MB Form; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood; D009336:Necrosis; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000097:blood; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood; D013577:Syndrome; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014336:Troponin; C109794:pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76); D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D052279:Creatine Kinase, MB Form