Association of N- terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide with echocardiographic measures of diastolic dysfunction in cirrhosis

Association of N- terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide with echocardiographic measures of diastolic dysfunction in cirrhosis

Background: Liver cirrhosis is associated with cardiac dysfunction in 40%–60% of the patients. Serum NT-ProBNP is a potential additional marker of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy. Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional analytical study done in a tertiary care center in South India on 100 patients...

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Main Authors: Ajmera Jail Singh, Mukta Wyawahare, Krishna Sarin, Soundravally Rajendiran, Dharanipragada KS. Subrahmanyam, Santhosh Satheesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Advanced Biomedical Research
Subjects:
cardiomyopathy
echocardiography
liver cirrhosis
n-terminal pro-bnp
Online Access:http://www.advbiores.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9175;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=55;epage=55;aulast=Singh

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