| Literature DB >> 15781032 |
Christopher L Lindblade1, David S Chun, Robert K Darragh, Randall L Caldwell, Debbie J Murphy, Marcus S Schamberger.
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We analyzed 211 consecutive plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) measurements in 59 pediatric heart transplant patients along with echocardiographic and right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy samples. Patients with a biopsy specimen negative for rejection had significantly lower BNP levels than those patients with a biopsy positive (p </=0.04) for rejection. BNP significantly decreased with treatment (p </=0.007). BNP levels in the first year after heart transplantation in all patients were significantly greater than BNP levels after the first year in all patients (p <0.001).Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15781032 DOI： 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.11.054
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Cardiol ISSN： 0002-9149 Impact factor: 2.778