Open AccessB-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of ischemia/reperfusion injury immediately after myocardial reperfusion in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Kentaro Arakawa,
Hideo Himeno,
Jin Kirigaya,
Fumie Otomo,
Kensuke Matsushita,
Hidefumi Nakahashi,
Satoru Shimizu,
Manabu Nitta,
Tetsu Takamizawa,
Hideto Yano,
Mitsuaki Endo,
Masahiko Kanna,
Kazuo Kimura,
Satoshi Umemura
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european heart journal acute cardiovascular care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.42
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 2048-8734
pISSN - 2048-8726
DOI - 10.1177/2048872615568964
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , quartile , reperfusion injury , natriuretic peptide , st segment , reperfusion therapy , ischemia , heart failure , confidence interval
In animal models of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) administered before and during coronary occlusion limits infarct size. However, the relation between plasma BNP levels and ischemia/reperfusion injury remains unclear.
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