Open AccessA Link between Impaired Lung Function and Increased Cardiac Stress
Author(s) -
Siegfried Wieshammer,
Jens Dreyhaupt,
Beate Basler
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000265751
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , cardiology , c reactive protein , body mass index , lung , natriuretic peptide , restrictive lung disease , kidney disease , gastroenterology , heart failure , inflammation , confidence interval
Patients with impaired lung function often have systemic inflammation. C-reactive protein (CRP) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are markers for inflammation and cardiac stress, respectively.
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