Plasma concentrations of N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide in healthy children, adolescents, and young adults: Effect of age and gender

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-77

  Mir, T S ^a   Flato, M ^a   Falkenberg, J ^a   Haddad, M ^a   Budden, R ^a   Weil, J ^a   Albers, S ^a   Laer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

N terminal brain natriuretic peptide; Natriuretic peptides, children

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1 76); PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33745535877     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-005-1022-4     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Ationu A, Singer DR, Smith A, et al. (1993) Studies of cardiopulmonary bypass in children: implications for the regulation of brain natriuretic peptide. Cardiovasc Res 27:1538-1541 (Pubitemid 23265078)
2. Best PJ, Berger PB, Miller VM, Lerman A (1998) The effect of estrogen replacement therapy on plasma nitric oxide and endothelin-1 levels in postmenopausal woman. Ann Int Med 128:285-288 (Pubitemid 28090759)
3. Clerico A, Emdin M (2004) Diagnostic accurancy and prognostic relevance of the measurement of cardiac natriuretic peptides: a review. Clin Chem 50:33-50 (Pubitemid 38125697)
4. Cowie MR, Mendez GF (2002) BNP and congestive heart failure. Prog Card Vasc 44:293-321 (Pubitemid 34438288)
5. Cowley CG, Bradley JD, Shaddy RE (2004) B-type natriuretic peptide levels in congenital heart disease. Pediatr Cardiol 25:336-340 (Pubitemid 38989516)
6. De Bold AJ, Ma KK, Zhang Y, et al. (2001) The physiological and pathophysiological modulation of the endocrine function of the heart. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 79:705-714
7. Gallagher PE, Lenhart JR, Chappell MC, Brosnihan KB (1999) Estrogen regulation of angiotensin-converting enzyme mRNA. Hypertension 33:323-328 (Pubitemid 29065679)
8. Hunt PJ, Richards AM, Nicholls MG, et al. (1997) Immunoreactive amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NTPROBNP): a new marker of cardiac impairment. Clin Endocrinol Oxford 47:287-296 (Pubitemid 27395959)
9. International Conference on Harmonisation E9 expert working group(1994) ICH harmonised tripartite guideline. Statistical principles for clinical trials. Stat Med 18:1905-1942
10. Kelly R, Struthers AD (2001) Are natriuretic peptides clinically useful as markers of heart failure ? Ann Clin Biocehm 38:94-102 (Pubitemid 32221721)
11. Koch A, Singer H (2003) Normal values of B type natriuretic peptide in infants, children, and adolescents. Heart 89:875-878 (Pubitemid 36920810)
12. Kuroski de Bold ML (1999) Estrogen, natriuretic peptides and the renin-angiotensin system. Cardiovasc Res 21:1730-1736
13. Lainchbury JG, Espiner EA, Nicholls MG (1997) Cardiac hormones: diagnosis and therapeutical potential. N Z Med J 110:219-221
14. Levin E, Gardner D, Samson W (1998) Natriuretic peptides. N Engl J Med 339:321-327
15. Maisel A (2001) B-type natriuretic peptide levels; a potential novel "white count" for congestive heart failure. J Card Failure 7:183-193
16. Maisel A, Krishnaswamy P, Nowak RM, et al. (2002) Rapid measurement of B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure. N Engl J Med 347:161-167 (Pubitemid 34764819)
17. Mir TS, Laux R, Hellwege HH (2003) Piasma N-terminal pro-atrial-natriuretic peptide and plasma N-terminal-pro brain natriuretic peptide in healthy neonates: marked and rapid increase after birth. Pediatrics 112:896-899 (Pubitemid 37248699)
18. Mir TS, Marohn S, Läer S, et al. (2002) Plasma concentrations of N-terminal-pro brain natriuretic peptide in children from neonatal period to adulthood and in children with congestive heart failure. Pediatrics 110:1-6
19. Redfield MM, Rodeheffer RJ, Jacobsen SJ, et al. (2002) Plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentration: impact of age and gender. J Am Coll Cardiol 40:976-982 (Pubitemid 34994995)
20. Schultz M, Faber J, Kistorp C, et al. (2004) N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) in different thyroid function states. Clin Endocrinol 60:54-59 (Pubitemid 38183498)
21. Talwar S, Siebenhofer A, Williams B, Ng LL (2000) Influence of hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, and left ventricular systolic dysfunction on plasma N terminal pro BMP. Heart 83:278-282 (Pubitemid 30313329)
22. Troughton RW, Frampton CM, Yandle TG, et al. (2000) Treatment of heart failure guided by plasma aminoterminal brain natriuretic peptide (N-BNP) concentrations. Lancet 355:1126-1130 (Pubitemid 30172933)
23. Wijbenga JAM, Balk AHMM, Boosma F, Man in't Veld AJ, Hall C (1999) Cardiac peptides differ in their response to exercise. Implications for patients with heart failure. Eur Heart J 20:1424-1428 (Pubitemid 29435709)