Previous studies on the value of brain natriuretic peptide in diastolic dysfunction have been largely limited to male subjects. The authors found that female gender, in addition to diastolic ...

Mendelian randomization was used to evaluate the potential causal association between N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and ischemic stroke based on summary statistics data from ...

[8] The effect of bisoprolol on RV function in patients with chronic HF and the effect of this change in RV function on plasma levels of BNP have not been previously investigated. The aim of this ...

In receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, serum miRNA-486 was a good predictor of RV maladaptation in PH patients (cut-off value 3.441, AUC 0.8625), which was not significantly different ...

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline on chronic heart failure for primary and secondary care in England recommends that patients with suspected heart failure ...

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Feb. 6, 2025 — A research team has discovered that the two key pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's -- tau protein and beta-amyloid -- affect brain circuits in ...

Although natriuretic peptides in this trial were associated with an increased risk, at the moment, data for troponins are more robust. Therefore, cardiac troponins should be the preferred markers ...

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Brain samples contained 10 times more microplastics than other organs. The brain may contain higher -- and more significant -- amounts of microplastics than other organs in the body, according to ...

The term dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) refers to a spectrum of heterogeneous myocardial disorders that are characterized by ventricular dilation and depressed myocardial performance in the absence of ...

These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...