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1. Contents Vol. 110, 2008

Author

Hiroyuki Nakajima, Tova Chajek-Shaul, Chin-San Liu, Hannes Alber, David Rott, Gudrun Feuchtner, Yair Elitzur, Sudhish Mishra, Ching-Ling Kuo, Jennifer R. Brown, Dieter zur Nedden, Kazuhiro Suyama, Tiago Moreira Ventura, Yuval Mika, Niels Wessel, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Masateru Takigawa, Ammar Mallouhi, David Leibowitz, Ching-Shan Huang, Suya Xi, Haw-Wen Chen, Jian Kang, Shiro Kamakura, Josef Finsterer, David Planer, Thomas Walther, Chenghui Yan, Xiaolin Zhang, Sharad Rastogi, Wolfgang Dichtl, Takashi Kurita, Claudia Stöllberger, Takashi Noda, Otmar Pachinger, Yong Wang, Yaling Han, Benny Rousso, Valerio Zacà, Yong Yang, A. Teddy Weiss, Naohiko Aihara, Hani N. Sabbah, Silvia Heringer-Walther, Maria da Consolação Vieira Moreira, Junjiro Kobayashi, Shou-Jen Kuo, Wataru Shimizu, Hideo Okamura, Thomas Postel, Guy Friedrich, Franz Weidinger, Daniel Jodocy, Matthias Frick, and Gary Plotnick

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Traditional medicine, business.industry, Medicine, Pharmacology (medical), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Published
2007

2. Prognostic value of natriuretic peptides in Chagas' disease: a 3-year follow-up investigation

Author

Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Thomas Walther, Silvia Heringer-Walther, Tiago Moreira Ventura, Maria da Consolação Vieira Moreira, Yong Wang, and Niels Wessel

Subjects
Chagas disease, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Blood Pressure, Disease, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Gastroenterology, Atrial natriuretic peptide, Internal medicine, Natriuretic Peptide, Brain, medicine, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), In patient, Chagas Disease, Proportional Hazards Models, Heart Failure, business.industry, Dilated cardiomyopathy, Stroke Volume, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Brain natriuretic peptide, Prognosis, ROC Curve, Echocardiography, Heart failure, Case-Control Studies, Cardiology, Heart Transplantation, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Atrial Natriuretic Factor, Biomarkers, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Background: Chagas’ disease (CD) affects around 18 million people in Latin America. To determine the diagnostic and prognostic value of natriuretic peptides in patients with CD, we measured atrial (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), and compared the findings with other dilated cardiomyopathies (DCM). Methods: Blood samples were obtained from 111 CD patients, 62 patients with DCM due to other causes, and 43 gender- and age-matched healthy subjects. The CD and DCM patients were subdivided according to their NYHA classification. Natriuretic peptide concentrations were determined by immunoradiometric assays. Results: ANP and more pronounced BNP levels were increased in CD and DCM patients in relation to the NYHA class. Circulating BNP concentrations were higher in CD patients in NYHA classes I–II than in the corresponding DCM patients (p = 0.020). Importantly, ANP and BNP were already significantly elevated in CD patients without systolic ventricular dysfunction (p ≤ 0.001). In CD patients, both peptides were highly correlated with echocardiographic parameters (p < 10–14). Both ANP and BNP had comparable ability to predict death or the necessity for heart transplant (p < 0.0001). Conclusion: Natriuretic peptide levels can be used as a marker of asymptomatic CD without ventricular dysfunction and thus could be an ideal tool to identify these patients for early therapy.

Published
2007

3. Subject Index Vol. 110, 2008

Author

Takashi Kurita, Junjiro Kobayashi, Gudrun Feuchtner, Jian Kang, Wolfgang Dichtl, Wataru Shimizu, Tova Chajek-Shaul, Yong Wang, Claudia Stöllberger, Shou-Jen Kuo, Benny Rousso, Sharad Rastogi, Hideo Okamura, Thomas Postel, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Yaling Han, Ammar Mallouhi, Haw-Wen Chen, Hannes Alber, Ching-Shan Huang, David Leibowitz, Yair Elitzur, Dieter zur Nedden, Chin-San Liu, David Rott, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Guy Friedrich, Gary Plotnick, Ching-Ling Kuo, Masateru Takigawa, Naohiko Aihara, A. Teddy Weiss, Shiro Kamakura, Sudhish Mishra, Chenghui Yan, Hani N. Sabbah, Suya Xi, Kazuhiro Suyama, Josef Finsterer, Thomas Walther, Tiago Moreira Ventura, Valerio Zacà, Xiaolin Zhang, Niels Wessel, Yong Yang, Takashi Noda, Otmar Pachinger, Daniel Jodocy, Matthias Frick, Jennifer R. Brown, Franz Weidinger, Silvia Heringer-Walther, Maria da Consolação Vieira Moreira, David Planer, and Yuval Mika

Subjects
Index (economics), business.industry, Statistics, Medicine, Pharmacology (medical), Subject (documents), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Published
2007

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