July 12, 2013Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

N-Terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels and abnormal geometric patterns of left ventricle in untreated hypertensive patients

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Why the study?

Is serum NT-proBNP level associated with abnormal left ventricular geometric patterns in untreated hypertensive patients?

Structured PICO

Is serum NT-proBNP level associated with abnormal left ventricular geometric patterns in untreated hypertensive patients?

Population

273 patients with untreated essential hypertension (mean age 51.7 ± 5.8 years) and 44 healthy control subjects (mean age 51.3 ± 4.7 years).

Outcome

Relationship between NT-proBNP levels and abnormal left ventricular geometric patternssurrogate

Serum NT-proBNP levels are independently associated with left ventricular mass index and abnormal geometry in untreated hypertensive patients with preserved ejection fraction.

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Implication

NT-proBNP may mark LV remodeling in untreated hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.

Cite This Study

Elbasan et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7f9eae1cee8a3c4f5f236f https://doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2013.804538

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Hypertension management

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Implication

NT-proBNP may mark LV remodeling in untreated hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.

N-Terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels and abnormal geometric patterns of left ventricle in untreated hypertensive patients

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Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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N-Terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels and abnormal geometric patterns of left ventricle in untreated hypertensive patients

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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