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15482958

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
To determine whether the plasma brain natriuretic peptide level increases differentially in muscular dystrophy and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, we investigated the plasma brain natriuretic peptide level and echocardiographic parameters in patients with similarly low left ventricular ejection fraction. The plasma brain natriuretic peptide level was lower, and the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter was shorter in the patients with muscular dystrophy than in those with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. The correlation between the plasma brain natriuretic peptide and left ventricular ejection fraction was shifted downward in the patients with muscular dystrophy compared with those with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Those between the brain natriuretic peptide and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter were superimposable, although the data from the muscular dystrophy patients were located at the shorter left ventricular end-diastolic diameter side. The plasma brain natriuretic peptide level may differentially increase in the two diseases with similar left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Differences in the left ventricular distension and in the physical activity might explain at least partially the different plasma brain natriuretic peptide levels.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0960-8966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
732-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Characteristics of the increase in plasma brain natriuretic peptide level in left ventricular systolic dysfunction, associated with muscular dystrophy in comparison with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study