The authors found that female gender, in addition to diastolic function, is an independent predictor of brain natriuretic peptide levels in the elderly without systolic ventricular dysfunction.

Assessment of brain natriuretic peptide levels may provide important information that can be used in the evaluation of patients with dyspnea and follow-up of heart failure. Brain natriuretic ...

Since the identification of the ‘atrial factor’—later identified as atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)—by de Bold et al 1 in 1981 to fill in a ... In patients where clinical assessment is difficult, an ...

PROSPERO registration number CRD42024538714. N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a recognised biomarker for heart failure and is known to reflect cardiac stress. Previous studies ...

1 Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Objective To determine the potential role of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide ... raised NT-proBNP level such as HF ...

Elevated ferritin levels depended on PCOS phenotype and menstrual bleeding among patients with PCOS. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have higher ferritin levels than women without PCOS, ...

In patients with anorexia nervosa, the brain's opioidergic tone was elevated in comparison with healthy control subjects. Previously we have shown that in obese patients the activity of the tone ...

High ammonia levels are toxic and cause symptoms such as headache, confusion, disorientation, excessive sleepiness, and difficulty concentrating. These symptoms reflect ammonia’s dangerous effect on ...

In the United States, heart attacks, which are clinically known as myocardial infarctions, affect approximately 805,000 ...

The MBs are gas-filled, lipid coated microbubbles, similar to liposomes, and are typically 2–5 μm in diameter, slightly smaller than the diameter of capillaries in the brain (about 7–8 μm in humans) ...

The hit show Severance can be refashioned as a teaching moment about certain brain disorders. But its famed “Innie” versus “Outie” conceit is totally bogus Margarethe Hilferding was the ...

High cortisol levels may be putting your vision at risk. When cortisol spikes, it can disrupt blood flow from the eye to the brain, leading to potential vision problems. Elevated cortisol can also ...