Elevated B-type natriuretic peptide without volume overload in a left ventricular assist device patient with a subdural hematoma.
We report a case of elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) without volume overload in a left ventricular assist device patient with a subdural hematoma and cerebral salt wasting syndrome suggesting a noncardiac etiology for BNP elevation.
Bhat
Geetha
G
Center for Heart Transplant and Assist Devices, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA. Geetha.Bhat-MD@advocatehealth.com
Pauwaa
Sunil
S
Sheffield
Cedric
C
Caldeira
Christiano
C
Weston
Mark
M
Rinde-Hoffman
Debbie
D
Berman
Peter
P
Cintron
Guillermo
G
D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000150:complications; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*
D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain