| Literature DB >> 12498156 |
Rodolfo Carrillo-Jimenez1, Thomas L Treadwell, Harvey Goldfine, Alvaro Buenano, Gervasio A Lamas, Charles H Hennekens.
Abstract
The brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) assay is a new, relatively inexpensive, and simple test that has the potential to be an early, cost-effective, and reliable marker for HIV-related cardiomyopathy. We report 1 case of HIV-related cardiomyopathy and 10 cases of of HIV infection with unknown heart disease in which we measured BNP levels and performed echocardiography. We found a significant inverse relationship between BNP and left ventricular function in these patients. Further basic and epidemiologic research on BNP measurement for the detection of HIV-related cardiomyopathy is needed to support these findings, which if confirmed, could have important clinical and public health implications.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12498156
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS Read ISSN: 1053-0894