N-terminal proBNP—Marker of Cardiac Dysfunction, Fluid Overload, or Malnutrition in Hemodialysis Patients? | Zendy

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N-terminal proBNP—Marker of Cardiac Dysfunction, Fluid Overload, or Malnutrition in Hemodialysis Patients?

Author(s) -

John Booth,

Jennifer H. Pinney,

Andrew Davenport

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.09001209

Subject(s) - volume overload , medicine , hemodialysis , cardiology , extracellular fluid , intravascular volume status , population , natriuretic peptide , dialysis , heart failure , hemodynamics , extracellular , environmental health , biology , microbiology and biotechnology

N-terminal probrain type natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP) has been proven to be a valuable biomarker for predicting cardiac events and mortality in the hemodialysis population. However recent reports have suggested that NTproBNP is a marker of volume overload rather than one of cardiac dysfunction. Therefore this study investigated the effect of fluid volume status on NTproBNP.

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