background: n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (nt-probnp) is a sensitive biomarker for the detection of asymptomatic left ventricular (lv) dysfunction. since β-thalassemia major patients suffer from early diastolic dysfunction due to iron deposition of chronic blood transfusion, we tried to evaluate the correlation between the serum nt-probnp level and the severity of lv diastolic dysfun...

background respiratory distress syndrome (rds) is considered as one of the most popular prematurity-related respiratory problems and among the most prominent reasons of deaths in preterm infants. objectives brain natriuretic peptide (bnp) is the secret of the volume and pressure overload response of the vessels and decreases due to resistance as well as rises in systemic vessels and also in dec...

Aim. To assess laboratory markers of hemodynamic status in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19. Materials and Methods. Here we examined 15 COVID-19 16 critically ill patients. The control group consisted 20 healthy volunteers. levels endothelin-1, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), N-terminal pro-brain (NT-proBNP) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. amounts nitrites (NO 2 ) ...

Natriuretic peptides have emerged as important candidates for development of diagnostic tools and therapeutic agents in cardiovascular disease. The family contains of three major peptides-ANP, BNP, CNP-that participate in cardiovascular and cardiorenal homeostasis. Each of these natriuretic peptides binds differentially to specific receptors that signal through different mechanisms. They are cl...

Production and clearance of plasma C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) and amino terminal (NT)-proCNP immunoreactivity in the human circulation remain poorly characterized. Accordingly, we have measured arterial and venous concentrations of CNP and NT-proCNP across multiple tissue beds during cardiac catheterization in 120 subjects (age: 64.2+/-9.0 years; 73% men) investigated for cardiovascular d...

OBJECTIVES Midregional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP) was assessed for the importance of influencing factors, the ability to detect left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and the prognostic power compared with B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in chronic heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND MR-proANP is a biologically stable n...

N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a versatile biomarker, that has been extensively studied in large cohorts of individuals in the general population, in subjects at risk for developing left ventricular dysfunction and cardiovascular events, and in patients with chronic or acutely decompensated heart failure (HF). In this paper, the pros and cons of using natriure...

N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a versatile biomarker, that has been extensively studied in large cohorts of individuals in the general population, in subjects at risk for developing left ventricular dysfunction and cardiovascular events, and in patients with chronic or acutely decompensated heart failure (HF). In this paper, the pros and cons of using natriure...

INTRODUCTION Procalcitonin concentrations are considered as a component of the inflammatory response and as an acute-phase marker, after shock or tissue injury (i.e. burn, trauma, surgery) or infections and sepsis. No data are so far available on the dynamics of procalcitonin levels in patients with cardiogenic shock following ST-elevation myocardial infarction, with no clinical or laboratory s...

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...