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      Sensibilidade e especificidade do hormônio natriurético do tipo B para identificar doentes com insuficiência mitral grave sintomáticos e assintomáticos Translated title: Sensitivity and specificity of B-type natriuretic peptide for identifying symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation

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          OBJETIVO: Verificar a sensibilidade e a especificidade do hormônio natriurético do tipo B (BNP) para identificar pacientes ambulatoriais, com insuficiência mitral crônica grave, sintomáticos e assintomáticos. MÉTODOS: Um grupo de pacientes com insuficiência mitral foi examinado e submetido à eletrocardiografia, telerradiografia de tórax, coletas de sangue venoso e ecocardiograma transtorácico. Por meio da análise de variáveis ecocardiográficas, 62 pacientes apresentavam refluxo mitral discreto e moderado (G I) e 34 refluxo mitral grave (G II). A capacidade discriminante do BNP em detectar pacientes com insuficiência mitral grave foi avaliada pela construção de curvas ROC. RESULTADOS: Entre os 96 doentes, 71 (73%) eram mulheres e as idades variaram entre 15 e 63 (média de 31,7) anos. Os valores de BNP variaram de 0,00 pg/ml a 193 pg/ml. Os doentes do G I tiveram um valor médio de BNP de 18,10 ± 0,74 pg/ml e os do G II de 50,54 ± 1,46 pg/ml, (p=0,001). O valor de corte para identificar insuficiência mitral grave foi de 15,40 pg/ml, para o melhor balanço entre a sensibilidade e a especificidade, respectivamente de 0,73 e 0,74. O valor de corte para identificar pacientes sintomáticos e com insuficiência mitral grave foi de 28,40 pg/ml, para o melhor balanço entre a sensibilidade e a especificidade, respectivamente de 0,78 e 0,83. CONCLUSÃO: Os valores de BNP capazes de indentificar doentes com insuficiência mitral grave assintomáticos e sintomáticos são menores do que os 100 pg/ml considerados para o diagnóstico de insuficiência cardíaca.

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          OBJECTIVE: To assess the sensitivity and specificity of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) for identifying symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with severe chronic mitral regurgitation followed up on an outpatient care basis. METHODS: A group of patients with mitral regurgitation underwent electrocardiography, chest teleradiography, venous blood withdrawal, and transthoracic echocardiography. Based on an analysis of the echocardiographic variables, 62 patients had mild and moderate mitral regurgitation (GI) and 34 had severe mitral regurgitation (GII). The discriminating capacity of the BNP for detecting patients with severe mitral regurgitation was assessed by use of ROC curves. RESULTS: The patients' ages ranged from 15 to 63 (mean, 31.7) years, and of the 96 patients, 71 (73%) were females. The BNP values ranged from 0.00 pg/mL to 193 pg/mL. The mean BNP values in GI and GII patients were 18.10 ± 0.74 pg/mL and 50.54 ± 1.46 pg/mL, respectively (P=0.001). The cutoff point for identifying severe mitral regurgitation was 15.40 pg/mL for the best balance between sensitivity and specificity, which were 0.73 and 0.74, respectively. The cutoff point for identifying symptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation was 28.40 pg/mL for the best balance between sensitivity and specificity, which were 0.78 and 0.83, respectively. CONCLUSION: The BNP values capable of identifying asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation are lower than 100 pg/mL, which is considered for the diagnosis of heart failure.

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          B-type natriuretic peptide in cardiovascular disease.

          Natriuretic peptide hormones, a family of vasoactive peptides with many favourable physiological properties, have emerged as important candidates for development of diagnostic tools and therapeutic agents in cardiovascular disease. The rapid incorporation into clinical practice of bioassays to measure natriuretic peptide concentrations, and drugs that augment the biological actions of this system, show the potential for translational research to improve patient care. Here, we focus on the physiology of the natriuretic peptide system, measurement of circulating concentrations of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and the N-terminal fragment of its prohormone (N-terminal BNP) to diagnose heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction, measurement of BNP and N-terminal BNP to assess prognosis in patients with cardiac abnormalities, and use of recombinant human BNP (nesiritide) and vasopeptidase inhibitors to treat heart failure.
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            Plasma natriuretic peptide levels increase with symptoms and severity of mitral regurgitation.

            This paper will describe associations between plasma natriuretic peptide levels and the severity and symptoms of mitral regurgitation (MR). A biochemical test that assisted grading of the severity of MR and the interpretation of symptoms would be of clinical value. Forty-nine patients with isolated MR and left ventricular (LV) ejection fractions (EFs) of >55% underwent transthoracic echocardiography, assessment of symptoms, and measurement of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and its amino-terminal portion, N-BNP. The level of each natriuretic peptide rose with increasing severity of MR and with increases in left atrial (LA) dimensions (p < 0.001 for all comparisons), but no significant correlation existed between any natriuretic peptide and the LV dimensions or EF. Natriuretic peptide levels were higher in symptomatic MR (n = 16, BNP geometric mean 16.9 [95% confidence interval (CI) 13.3 to 21.4] pmol/l) compared with asymptomatic MR (n = 33, BNP 7.1 [95% CI 6.0 to 8.4] pmol/l, p < 0.001), and higher in asymptomatic MR than in normal controls (n = 100, BNP 5.3 [95% CI 4.8 to 5.8] pmol/l, p < 0.0001). These differences were similar for N-BNP and ANP and remained statistically significant (p < 0.05) after adjustment for echocardiographic measures of LV function and severity of MR. Both the sensitivity and the specificity for symptoms for the natriuretic peptides (area under receiver-operator characteristic curve for BNP = 0.90, N-BNP = 0.89, ANP = 0.89) were similar to the MR score (0.88) and greater than for LA dimension (0.81), vena contracta width (0.82), and LV end-systolic dimension (0.63). Plasma natriuretic peptides levels increase with the severity of MR and are higher in symptomatic compared to asymptomatic patients, even when LV EF is normal.
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              Plasma brain natriuretic peptide as a biochemical marker of high left ventricular end-diastolic pressure in patients with symptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.

              Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), mainly from the atrium, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), mainly from the ventricle, norepinephrine (NE), and endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels are increased with the severity of congestive heart failure (CHF). Although a close correlation between the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) and plasma ANP in patients with left ventricular dysfunction has been reported, it is not yet known which cardiac natriuretic peptide is a better predictor of high LVEDP in patients with CHF. To investigate the biochemical predictors of the high LVEDP in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, we measured plasma ANP, BNP, NE, and ET-1 levels and the hemodynamic parameters in 72 patients with symptomatic left ventricular dysfunction. Stepwise multivariate regression analyses were also used to determine whether the plasma levels of ANP, BNP, NE, and ET-1 could predict high LVEDP. Although significant positive correlations were found among the plasma levels of ANP, BNP, ET-1, and NE and the LVEDP, only BNP (p = 0.0001) was an independent and significant predictor of high LVEDP in patients with CHF. In all eight patients with severe CHF measured for hemodynamics before and after the treatments, the plasma BNP levels decreased in association with the decrease of LVEDP, whereas other factors increased in some patients despite the decrease of LVEDP. These findings suggest that plasma BNP is superior to ANP as a predictor of high LVEDP in patients with symptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.
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                Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
                Arq. Bras. Cardiol.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0066-782X
                1678-4170
                December 2004
                : 83
                : spe
                : 21-25
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                [01] São Paulo orgnameInstituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia
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                S0066-782X2004001900005 S0066-782X(04)08300005
                2c89739c-b97e-4dc6-a288-ac88f7199e6d

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                : 11 July 2003
                : 19 March 2004
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                BNP,mitral regurgitation,natriuretic peptides,Insuficiência mitral,hormônios natriuréticos

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