1. Pretransplant NT‐proBNP levels are associated with mortality among lung transplant recipients
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Shimon Izhakian, Assaf Frajman, Ariel D. Hayat, Alon Gorenshtein, Osnat Shtraichman, Lev Freidkin, Dror Rosengarten, and Mordechai R. Kramer
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lung transplantation ,mortality ,N‐terminal pro‐B‐type ,prognosis ,survival ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 ,Diseases of the respiratory system ,RC705-779 - Abstract
Abstract The prognostic significance of pretransplant N‐terminal pro‐brain (B)‐type natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP) level has not been investigated in lung transplant recipients. The electronic files of 173 patients with chronic lung disease who underwent lung transplantation in 2018–2022 at a tertiary medical center were retrospectively reviewed. Right heart catheterization (RHC) and NT‐proBNP determination were performed preoperatively in all cases. Pretransplant demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were compared between posttransplant survivors and nonsurvivors. Correlations of NT‐proBNP values with lung function and RHC parameters and all‐cause mortality were analyzed. NT‐proBNP level correlated positively with mean pulmonary artery pressure (R = 0.51, p
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- 2024
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