scholarly journals Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide to Diagnose Congestive Heart Failure in Patients With Impaired Kidney Function

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1060-1061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund J. Lamb ◽  
Susan Vickery ◽  
Christopher P. Price
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Congestive Heart Failure ◽  
Brain Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Kidney Function ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Amino Terminal

scholarly journals Renal Function, Congestive Heart Failure, and Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Measurement

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saif Anwaruddin ◽  
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones ◽  
Aaron Baggish ◽  
Annabel Chen ◽  
Daniel Krauser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Congestive Heart Failure ◽  
Renal Function ◽  
Brain Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Amino Terminal

scholarly journals Evaluation of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Atrial Granules of Rats with Experimental Congestive Heart Failure

2001 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 1293-1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gad M. Bialik ◽  
Zaid A. Abassi ◽  
Ilan Hammel ◽  
Joseph Winaver ◽  
Dina Lewinson
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Congestive Heart Failure ◽  
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Brain Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Aortocaval Fistula ◽  
Granule Formation ◽  
Gold Particles ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Atrial Natriuretic

The natriuretic peptides are believed to play an important role in the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure (CHF). We utilized a quantitative cytomorphometric method, using double immunocytochemical labeling, to assess the characteristics of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in atrial granules in an experimental model of rats with CHF induced by aortocaval fistula. Rats with CHF were further divided into decompensated (sodium-retaining) and compensated (sodium-excreting) subgroups and compared with a sham-operated control group. A total of 947 granules in myocytes in the right atrium were analyzed, using electron microscopy and a computerized analysis system. Decompensated CHF was associated with alterations in the modal nature of granule content packing, as depicted by moving bin analysis, and in the granule density of both peptides. In control rats, the mean density of gold particles attached to both peptides was 347.0 ± 103.6 and 306.3 ± 89.9 gold particles/μm2 for ANP and BNP, respectively. Similar mean density was revealed in the compensated rats (390.6 ± 81.0 and 351.3 ± 62.1 gold particles/μm2 for ANP and BNP, respectively). However, in rats with decompensated CHF, a significant decrease in the mean density of gold particles was observed (141.6 ± 67.3 and 158.0 ± 71.2 gold particles/μm2 for ANP and BNP, respectively; p < 0.05 compared with compensated rats, for both ANP and BNP). The ANP:BNP ratio did not differ between groups. These findings indicate that the development of decompensated CHF in rats with aortocaval fistula is associated with a marked decrease in the density of both peptides in atrial granules, as well as in alterations in the quantal nature of granule formation. The data further suggest that both peptides, ANP and BNP, may be regulated in the atrium by a common secretory mechanism in CHF.

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