Right ventricular ejection fraction and NT-proBNP are both indicators of wall stress in pulmonary hypertension

Eur Respir J. 2007 Apr;29(4):622-3. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00001407.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / pathology*
  • Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / diagnosis*
  • Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / pathology
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood*
  • Peptide Fragments / blood*
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology
  • Ventricular Function, Right*

Substances

  • Peptide Fragments
  • pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain