Independent Value of Echocardiography and N-Terminal Pro-Natriuretic Peptide for the Prediction of Major Outcomes in Patients With Suspected Heart Failure

Assessment of the left atrial volume index and plasma NT-proANP level in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction

“…Another potential limitation of the study is that we did not assess BNP. Lim et al reported the value of BNP together with echocardiographic measurements in acute STEMI patients; therefore, we did not measure serum BNP (38). The current study was not designed to investigate mortality or major adverse cardiac events but instead focused on the possible association between NT-proANP level and LA size in patients with STEMI.…”

Ethnicity-related differences in left ventricular function, structure and geometry: a population study of UK Indian Asian and European white subjects

“…Left atrial volume (ml) was calculated from three measurements of left atrial dimension using the formula for an ellipse19 20 as π/6 (PLAX×A4C 1 ×A4C 2 ), where PLAX is the left atrial dimension measured in the parasternal long-axis view and A4C 1 and A4C 2 are the horizontal and vertical measurements of the left atrium in the apical four-chamber view. The derived left atrial volume was then indexed to BSA to obtain the LAVI.…”

N-terminal protype-B natriuretic peptide and Doppler diastolic variables are incremental for risk stratification of patients with NYHA class I–II systolic heart failure

“…These patients may have either elevated left ventricular (LV) filling pressures [2,3] or a significant neuroendocrine activation [4] that may be of prognostic importance albeit a [5][6][7], but their value in NYHA class I and II patients have never been investigated. Therefore, this study was designed to assess whether abnormalities of diastolic function and plasma aminoterminal pro-type B natriuretic peptide (N-terminal proBNP) might provide independent and even incremental prognostic information in patients with systolic HF in NYHA class I and II.…”