Why the study?
Are biomarkers of cardiovascular injury and stress (NT-proBNP, hs-TnI, hs-CRP) associated with increased frequency of ventricular ectopy in a community-based population?
Population
498 subjects from a community-based population
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
24 hours (Holter recording)
Authors
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No practice change for ectopy evaluation; leaves open prospective validation of NT-proBNP as arrhythmia predictor.
Are biomarkers of cardiovascular injury and stress (NT-proBNP, hs-TnI, hs-CRP) associated with increased frequency of ventricular ectopy in a community-based population?
In a community-based population, elevated NT-proBNP is independently associated with frequent and complex ventricular ectopy, suggesting a link between subclinical myocardial stress and arrhythmogenesis.
Skranes et al. (2016) studied this question.
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