B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients in the emergency department with possible heart failure and previous stable angina pectoris and/or healed myocardial infarction.
We examined the relation between B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and a history of stable angina pectoris and/or healed myocardial infarction in 1,240 patients who were evaluated in the emergency department for possible heart failure. In patients who had heart failure, there was no relation between BNP levels and previous stable angina pectoris and/or healed myocardial infarction. However, in patients who did not have heart failure, there was a relation between BNP levels and previous stable angina pectoris and/or healed myocardial infarction but no significant independent relation in multiple regression analysis.
McCord
James
J
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA. jmccord1@hfhs.org
Nowak
Richard M
RM
Jacobsen
Gordon
G
Sallach
John A
JA
Wu
Alan H B
AH
Perez
Alberto
A
Omland
Torbjørn
T
Knudsen
Cathrine Wold
CW
Westheim
Arne
A
Duc
Philippe
P
Steg
Philippe G
PG
Hollander
Judd E
JE
Herrmann
Howard C
HC
Storrow
Alan B
AB
Abraham
William T
WT
Lamba
Sumant
S
McCullough
Peter A
PA
Maisel
Alan
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology
D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain