PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF AGE AND SEX ADJUSTED B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE UPON CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH ORGANIC MITRAL REGURGITATION

Marie-Annick Clavel,Christophe Tribouilloy,Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde,Rodolfo Pizarro,Rakesh M. Suri,Catherine Szymanski,Siham Lazam,Maurice Enriquez-Sarano

PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF AGE AND SEX ADJUSTED B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE UPON CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH ORGANIC MITRAL REGURGITATION

2015

Marie-Annick Clavel
Christophe Tribouilloy
Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde
Rodolfo Pizarro
Rakesh M. Suri
Catherine Szymanski
Siham Lazam
Maurice Enriquez-Sarano

Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) varies with age and sex. However normalized values in patients with organic mitral regurgitation (OMR) remain unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of an increase in BNP compared to normal upon mortality in a large population of OMR. In 1,

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Natriuretic peptide
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
Internal medicine
Cardiology
large population
mitral regurgitation
age and sex
in patient

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