Open AccessElevated Brain Natriuretic Peptide Is Associated with Abnormal Heart Geometry in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
Juraj Hedvig,
Ľudmila Podracká,
D Potoceková
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
kidney and blood pressure research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.806
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1423-0143
pISSN - 1420-4096
DOI - 10.1159/000295895
Subject(s) - medicine , brain natriuretic peptide , cardiology , dialysis , left ventricular hypertrophy , natriuretic peptide , kidney disease , heart failure , muscle hypertrophy , concentric hypertrophy , endocrinology , blood pressure
It was to establish whether brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) might predict cardiac dysfunction in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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