Introduction: COPD is a common preventable disease characterized by airflow limitation that is not completely reversible.Acute exacerbation is prominent and serious features of COPD. Acute Exacerbation of COPD leads to hospitalization and concomitant with morbidity and mortality .The ventricular dysfunction increases serum Brain Natriuretic Peptide(BNP)  . This study was conducted to evaluate t...

Background: Plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptides are correlated with atrial pressures, as are left ventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular filling abnormalities. Aims: This study investigated the relation of atrial natriuretic peptides to both left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in heart failure. Methods: Plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptid...

circulating levels of natriuretic peptides predict future cardiac event in patients with chronic hemodialysis. Nephron 2002;92:610–5. 14. Naganuma T, Sugimura K, Wada S, Yasumoto R, Sugimura T, Masuda C, et al. The prognostic role of brain natriuretic peptides in hemodialysis patients. Am J Nephrol 2002;22:437–44. 15. Parfrey PS. Cardiac disease in dialysis patients: diagnosis, burden of diseas...

Background—Cardiovascular risk estimation by novel biomarkers needs assessment in disease-free population cohorts, followed up for incident cardiovascular events, assaying the serum and plasma archived at baseline. We report results from 2 cohorts in such a continuing study. Methods and Results—Thirty novel biomarkers from different pathophysiological pathways were evaluated in 7915 men and wom...