Value of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide in diagnosis of atypical heart failure
Chen Weibu
Pang Xinli
Cao Guolei
Abstract：Objective To discuss the value of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP) in the diagnosis of atypical heart failure.Methods Totally 264 patients with suspected diagnosis of atypical heart failure from June 2011 to June 2013 in our hospital were selected and the serum levels of NT-proBNP were tested.The heart failure related auxiliary examination were examined such as X-ray for chest,ultrasonic cardiograph (UCG) for heart and so on.Heart failure was judged with the three methods of NT-proBNP boundary value; ultrasound graph parameter and the standard of Internal Medicine for heart failure and the positive rates of three methods were compared.Results The positive rates of three methods were 93.9％ (248/264),70.1％ (185/264),58.3％ (154/264) respectively.The positive rates of three methods were statistically different (Z =90.488,P =0.000).There was a significant difference between NT-proBNP boundary value and ultrasound graph parameter (Z =50.849,P =0.000).There was a significant difference between the methods of ultrasound graph parameter and the standard of internal medicine (Z =7.904,P =0.005).Conclusion The NT-proBNP boundary value is better than the methods of ultrasound graph parameter and the standard of Internal Medicine regarding the diagnosis of atypical heart failure.
Keywords：Heart failureN-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptideDiagnosis Value
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 480-482 )