Shinichi Takatsuki1, Brandie D Wagner, David Dunbar Ivy. 1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. tekeshin0621@msn.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and the amino-terminal fragment (NTproBNP) correlate with clinical variables, but have not been simultaneously studied in a large number of pediatric patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The purpose of our investigation was to compare BNP and NTproBNP with clinical indicators of disease in a pediatric PAH population for which biomarkers are much needed. DESIGN: We retrospectively compared BNP and NTproBNP levels with exercise capacity, echocardiographic data, and hemodynamics in PAH patients under 21 years old. Two hundred sixty-three blood samples from 88 pediatric PAH patients were obtained, with BNP and NTproBNP drawn at the same time. RESULTS: There was a correlation between BNP and NTproBNP with mean pulmonary arterial pressure/mean systemic arterial pressure ratio (r= 0.40, P < .01; r= 0.45, P < .01; respectively), mean right atrial pressure (r= 0.48, P < .01; r= 0.48, P < .01), and tricuspid regurgitant velocity (r= 0.36, P < .01; r= 0.41, P < .01). BNP and NTproBNP are associated with 6-minute walk distance, mean pulmonary arterial pressure, mean pulmonary arterial pressure/mean systemic arterial pressure ratio, mean right atrial pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance index, and tricuspid regurgitant velocity when investigated longitudinally. On the average, a 1-unit increase in log BNP or NTproBNP was associated with 4.5 units × m(2) or 3.4 units × m(2) increase in pulmonary vascular resistance index, respectively. There was a strong correlation between log BNP and log NTproBNP measurements (r= 0.87, P < .01). CONCLUSION: In pediatric PAH, BNP and NTProBNP are strongly correlated and predict changes in clinical variables and hemodynamics. In a cross-sectional analysis, NTproBNP correlated with echocardiographic and exercise data better than BNP; NTproBNP showed less within patient variability over time; therefore, NTproBNP can add additional information toward predicting these clinical measurements.
OBJECTIVES:B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and the amino-terminal fragment (NTproBNP) correlate with clinical variables, but have not been simultaneously studied in a large number of pediatric patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The purpose of our investigation was to compare BNP and NTproBNP with clinical indicators of disease in a pediatric PAH population for which biomarkers are much needed. DESIGN: We retrospectively compared BNP and NTproBNP levels with exercise capacity, echocardiographic data, and hemodynamics in PAH patients under 21 years old. Two hundred sixty-three blood samples from 88 pediatric PAH patients were obtained, with BNP and NTproBNP drawn at the same time. RESULTS: There was a correlation between BNP and NTproBNP with mean pulmonary arterial pressure/mean systemic arterial pressure ratio (r= 0.40, P < .01; r= 0.45, P < .01; respectively), mean right atrial pressure (r= 0.48, P < .01; r= 0.48, P < .01), and tricuspid regurgitant velocity (r= 0.36, P < .01; r= 0.41, P < .01). BNP and NTproBNP are associated with 6-minute walk distance, mean pulmonary arterial pressure, mean pulmonary arterial pressure/mean systemic arterial pressure ratio, mean right atrial pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance index, and tricuspid regurgitant velocity when investigated longitudinally. On the average, a 1-unit increase in log BNP or NTproBNP was associated with 4.5 units × m(2) or 3.4 units × m(2) increase in pulmonary vascular resistance index, respectively. There was a strong correlation between log BNP and log NTproBNP measurements (r= 0.87, P < .01). CONCLUSION: In pediatric PAH, BNP and NTProBNP are strongly correlated and predict changes in clinical variables and hemodynamics. In a cross-sectional analysis, NTproBNP correlated with echocardiographic and exercise data better than BNP; NTproBNP showed less within patient variability over time; therefore, NTproBNP can add additional information toward predicting these clinical measurements.
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