Prognostic implications of dipyridamole cardiac MR imaging: a prospective multicenter registry.

Purpose: To evaluate dipyridamole cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the prediction of major events (MEs) in patients with ischemic chest pain in a large multicenter registry.

Materials And Methods: Institutional ethics committee approval and written informed consent were obtained. A total of 1722 patients who were undergoing cardiac MR imaging for chest pain were included.

Ventricular hypertrophy increases NT-proBNP in subjects with and without hypertension.

Background: It has been published that hypertension (HT) must be taken into account when using NT-proBNP, but left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy without HT could be a cause of NT-proBNP elevation. In a population study we compared NT-proBNP in subjects with hypertrophy, with and without diagnosis of HT.

Methods: We studied 215 subjects from a random sample of 432 people who had declared to suffer from dyspnea.

[NT-proBNP levels and hypertension. Their importance in the diagnosis of heart failure].

Introduction: N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is useful in the diagnosis of heart failure. We compared NT-proBNP levels in patients with and without a diagnosis of arterial hypertension.

Patients And Method: Participants were recruited from a random sample of 999 inhabitants from the Community of Valencia (eastern Spain).

[NT-proBNP and atrioventricular plane displacement. Relationship and diagnostic implications].

Introduction And Objectives: NT-proBNP is useful in the diagnosis of heart failure and ventricular dysfunction. Left atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD) is a consolidated index of ventricular function. Our objective was to carry out a multicenter population-based study to establish the relationship between plasma NT-proBNP levels with AVPD values.