Association of Elevated NT-proBNP With Myocardial Fibrosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Serum N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is considered a marker that is expressed in response to myocardial strain and possibly fibrosis. However, the relationship to myocardial fibrosis in a community-based population is unknown. The authors evaluated the relationship between car...

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Published in:	Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 70; no. 25; p. 3102
Main Authors:	Liu, Chia-Ying, Heckbert, Susan R, Lai, Shenghan, Ambale-Venkatesh, Bharath, Ostovaneh, Mohammad R, McClelland, Robyn L, Lima, João A C, Bluemke, David A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 26.12.2017
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Atherosclerosis - blood Atherosclerosis - diagnosis Atherosclerosis - ethnology Cardiomyopathies - blood Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis Cardiomyopathies - ethnology Diastole Ethnicity Female Fibrosis - blood Fibrosis - diagnosis Fibrosis - ethnology Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging Heart Ventricles - physiopathology Humans Incidence Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - methods Male Middle Aged Myocardium - pathology Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood Peptide Fragments - blood Prognosis Protein Precursors United States - epidemiology Ventricular Function, Left United States ECV MR imaging NT-proBNP T1 mapping
ISSN:	1558-3597, 1558-3597
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