| The BNP assay does not identify mild left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic diabetic patients. | |
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PMID: 15886060 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIMS: We examined the usefulness of BNP for screening for left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in a sample of type 2 diabetic patients, without structural heart disorder, who have never presented symptoms or signs of heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS: Seventy-six consecutive patients admitted to the Outpatient Diabetes Clinic were studied. Blood samples were analyzed using the Triage BNP fluorescence immunoassay (Biosite Diagnostics, La Jolla, CA, USA). Echocardiography examinations were performed, with no knowledge of the BNP value. A total of 39 patients out of 76 (51%) were diagnosed with LV diastolic dysfunction and 23 (30%) with LV hypertrophy. Of the patients with LV diastolic dysfunction, impaired relaxation and pseudonormal pattern accounted for 97 and 3% of the cases, respectively. BNP levels among subjects with LV diastolic dysfunction (26+/-22 pg/ml, n=39) were not significantly different from patients with normal LV function (24+/-23 pg/ml, n=37 pg/ml; Mann-Whitney U-test, Z=-0.4, n.s.). CONCLUSIONS: Our data confirm alarmingly high prevalence of LV diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic individuals with diabetes. Identification of patients with preclinical diabetic cardiomyopathy should be a research and clinical priority. BNP levels cannot be used to detect mild LV diastolic dysfunction in this subset of patients, which requires Doppler echocardiography to be detected. |
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Authors:
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R Valle; E Bagolin; C Canali; P Giovinazzo; S Barro; N Aspromonte; E Carbonieri; L Milani |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology Volume: 7 ISSN: 1525-2167 ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Echocardiogr Publication Date: 2006 Jan |
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Created Date: 2005-12-27 Completed Date: 2006-05-10 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100890618 Medline TA: Eur J Echocardiogr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 40-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Heart Failure Centre, Cardiology Unit, Ospedale Civile, Via Sauro 26, San Donà di Piave, I-30027 VE, Italy. robertovalle@libero.it |
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Aged Analysis of Variance Biological Markers / blood Case-Control Studies Creatinine / blood Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood*, physiopathology*, ultrasonography Diastole Echocardiography, Doppler Female Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay Humans Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / blood, physiopathology, ultrasonography Male Middle Aged Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood* Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / blood*, physiopathology*, ultrasonography |
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0/Biological Markers; 114471-18-0/Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; 60-27-5/Creatinine |
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