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The Role of Plasma B-type Natriuretic Peptide Measurements in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Dyspnea  

Moon, Ji Yong (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University)
Bae, Joong Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University)
Kim, Tae Hyung (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University)
Sohn, Jang Won (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University)
Yoon, Ho Joo (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University)
Shin, Dong Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University)
Park, Sung Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.59, no.6, 2005 , pp. 656-663 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background : The B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a cardiac neurohormone that is specifically secreted from the ventricles in response to volume expansion and a pressure overload. Differentiating congestive heart failure from the pulmonary causes of dyspnea is very important for patients presenting with acute dyspnea. Methods : A retrospective study was carried out on 261 patients who were admitted to the emergency department of Hanyang University Hospital due to acute dyspnea from March to July 2004. The serum BNP levels of the patients were measured using the ELISA method. Results : The BNP levels were 382, 111-1140 pg/ml (median, interquartile range) in the heart failure group (n=119) and 29, 7-81 pg/ml in the non-heart failure group (n=142). The BNP levels according to the subgroups of heart failure were 820, 354-1620 pg/ml, 1650, 239-1990 pg/ml, and 378, 106-1120 pg/ml for the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with combined left heart failure (n=5), cor pulmonale (n=3), and left heart failure groups (n=111), respectively. The BNP levels according to the subgroups of non-heart failure were 39, 21-101 pg/ml, 59, 10-129 pg/ml, and 15, 6-47 pg/ml for the COPD (n=20), other pulmonary diseases (n=56), and other causes groups (n=66), respectively. The BNP levels were significantly different according to the underlying etiology (p<0.001), and were significantly higher in the COPD patients with left heart failure than in those without (p=0.002). When the patients with no cardiovascular risk factor such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking or renal failure were analyzed, the BNP levels were also significantly higher in the patients with heart failure than in those without(p<0.001). When 133 pg/ml was designated as the BNP cut-off level the sensitivity for predicting heart failure was 73 percent and the specificity was 87 percent. Conclusion : BNP measurements are useful for determining the presence of heart failure in the patients presenting with acute dyspnea. The possibility of heart failure must be seriously considered in patients with high BNP levels even when they have a pre-existing pulmonary disease such as COPD or no risk factors for heart failure.
Keywords
Natriuretic Peptide; Brain; Dyspnea; Pulmonary Disease; Chronic Obstructive; heart failure; congestive;
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