Association of N- terminal Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide with Echocardiographic Measures of Diastolic Dysfunction in Cirrhosis.

Background: Liver cirrhosis is associated with cardiac dysfunction in 40%-60% of the patients. Serum NT-ProBNP is a potential additional marker of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy.

Materials And Methods: It was a cross-sectional analytical study done in a tertiary care center in South India on 100 patients of cirrhosis of liver.

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in IgA nephropathy: case series and systematic review of the literature.

Objectives: To describe the spectrum of pulmonary involvement in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).

Methods: We describe two patients with pulmonary renal syndrome related to IgAN and a systematic review of previously reported cases of IgAN and lung involvement.

Results: We identified 23 reports of IgAN-related pulmonary disease, including 19 reports of alveolar hemorrhage and two cases of organizing pneumonia.