Early detection of cardiac dysfunction by BNP in beta-thalassaemia major patients

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-335

  Cheema, Asma N ^a   Khan, Dilshad A ^a   Tuyyab, Farhan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b National Institute of Heart Diseases   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Ferritin; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; FERRITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863979520     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/ac.67.3.2160723     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. th ed. McGraw- Hill, New York, 2000: 562-564.
2. Malik S, Syed S, Ahmed N. Complications in transfusion-dependent patients of beta-thalassemia major: A review. Pak J Med Sci 2009; 25: 678-682.
3. Rehman M, Lodhi Y. Prospects and future of conservative management of BTM in a developing country. Pak J Med Sci 2004; 20: 105-112.
4. Tanner MA, Galanello R, Dessi C. A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of the effect of combined therapy with deferoxamine and deferiprone on myocardial iron in thalassemia major using cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Circulation 2007; 115: 1876-1884.
5. Kremastinos DT, Farmakis D, Aessopos A, Hahalis G, Hamodraka E, Tsiapras D, Keren A. Beta-thalassemia cardiomyopathy: history, present considerations, and future perspectives. Circ Heart Fail 2010; 3: 451-458.
6. Garadah TS, Mahdi N, Kassab S, Shoroqi IA, Abu-Taleb A, Jamsheer A. The pro-BNP Serum Level and Echocardiographic Tissue Doppler Abnormalities in Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major. Clin Med Insights Cardiol 2010; 4: 135-141.
7. Troughton RW, Richards AM. BNP for clinical monitoring of heart failure. Heart Fail Clin 2006; 2: 333-343.
8. Schiller NB, Shah PM, Crawford M, DeMaria A, Devereux R, Feigenbaum H, Gutgesell H, Reichek N, Sahn D, Schnittger I, et al. Recommendations for quantitation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography. American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Standards Subcommittee on Quantitation of Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms. J Am Soc Echocardiography 1989; 2: 358-367.
9. Silvilairat S, Sittiwangkul R, Pongprot Y, Charoenkwan P, Phornphutkul C. Tissue Doppler echocardiography reliably reflects severity of iron overload in pediatric patients with beta thalassemia. Eur J Echocardiogr 2008; 9: 368-372.
10. Vogel M, Anderson LJ, Holden S, Deanfield JE, Pennell DJ, Walker JM. Tissue Doppler echocardiography in patients with thalassemia detects early myocardial dysfunction related to myocardial iron overload. Eur Heart J 2003; 24: 113-119.
11. Lattanzi F, Bellotti P, Picano E, Chiarella F, Mazzarisi A, Melevendi C, Forni G, Landini L, Distante A, Vecchio C. Quantitative ultrasonic analysis of myocardium in patients with thalassemia major and iron overload. Circulation 1993; 87: 748-754.
12. de Gregorio C, Piraino B, Morabito G, Salpietro CD, Coglitore S. On the use of conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography in patients with beta-Thalassemia major and myocardial iron-overload: preliminary data by a single centre study. Int J Cardiol 2010; 145: 490-492.
13. Yu CM, Sanderson JE, Marwick TH. Tissue Doppler imaging a new prognosticator for cardiovascular diseases. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49: 1903-1914.
14. Parekh N, Maisel AS. Utility of B-natriuretic peptide in the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function and diastolic heart failure. Curr Opin Cardiol 2009; 24: 155-160.