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- Title
Association between echocardiographic parameters and brain natriuretic peptide levels in treated hypertensive patients.
- Authors
Masugata, Hisashi; Senda, Shoichi; Murao, Koji; Okuyama, Hiroyuki; Inukai, Michio; Hosomi, Naohisa; Iwado, Yasuyoshi; Noma, Takahisa; Kohno, Masakazu; Goda, Fuminori
- Abstract
We examined which echocardiographic parameter correlated best with plasma brain natriuteric peptide (BNP) levels in treated hypertensive patients. Enrolled in the study were 122 treated hypertensive patients (70 ± 9 y). The left ventricular mass index and left atrial dimension (LAD) were measured using echocardiography as indexes of left ventricular hypertrophy and left atrial enlargement, respectively. Among all the echocardiographic parameters, LAD correlated best with BNP (r = 0.343, p < 0.001). Stepwise regression analysis showed that LAD (β coefficient = 0.513, p < 0.001) was independently associated with BNP. Left atrial enlargement, rather than left ventricular hypertrophy, may be clinically useful for predicting elevated BNP levels in treated hypertensive patients.
- Publication
Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993), 2011, Vol 33, Issue 3, p187
- ISSN
1525-6006
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3109/10641963.2010.531851