Background Hypertension is the second most common cause of maternal death in world. Predicting occurrence preeclampsia (PE) complications needed to optimize management. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) a polypeptide, secreted by cardiac ventricular myocytes. Research linking N-Terminal Pro B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) levels with has never been conducted Indonesia. The aim study evalua...

Studied cases with acute dyspnea may benefit from quick diagnosis & effective treatment that can save their lives. Emergency patient's history, physical examination, chest radiography, 12-lead electrocardiography, measurement of brain natriuretic peptide or N-terminal pro-BNP are all techniques for evaluating studied who have decompensated heart failure. Chest USG has attracted interest rec...

Risk stratification in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is paramount to identifying individuals at highest risk of death. So far, there are only limited parameters for prognostication in patients with PAH. 95 patients with confirmed PAH were included in the present analysis and followed for a total of 4 years. Blood samples were analysed for serum levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic...

AIMS To test whether N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was independently associated with, and improved the prediction of, cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a primary prevention cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS In the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS), a cohort of middle-aged men with hypercholesterolaemia at a moderate risk of CVD, we related the baseline NT-pr...

Background: Postoperative chemotherapy (pCT), together with chemoradiotherapy (pCRT), is well used for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma in esophagus. However, these adjuvant therapies may cause serious adverse effects resulting higher postoperative morbidity.
 Methods: In this study, we aim to assess and compare cardiopulmonary complications as a result pCT pCRT patients esophageal...

BACKGROUND Two preconditioning stimuli should induce a more consistent overall cell protection. We hypothesized that remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC, second preconditioning stimulus) applied during isoflurane inhalation (first preconditioning stimulus) would provide more protection to the myocardium of patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. METHODS In this placebo-...