Changes in brain natriuretic peptide levels before and after Capoten test as well as renal artery intervention in patients with suspected renal artery stenosis / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

Forty patients with hypertension suspected to stenosis of renal artery were selected from Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Chinese PLA between June 2007 and March 2008, including 28 males and 12 females with an average age of (60.0?15.6). Capoten test and renal artery angioplasty were performed in all patients to detect brain natriuretic peptide changes before and after the Capoten test and renal artery stent implantation. Among 40 patients underwent Capoten test, 30 showed positive result and 10 negative. The levels of brain natriuretic peptide before and after Capoten test in patients with positive result were statistically different (P 0.05). Among thirty patients with positive Capoten test undergoing renal artery angioplasty, twenty-three patients underwent stent implantation, and their brain natriuretic peptide showed statistical differences between before and after stent implantation (P 0.05). The results of the study show that levels of brain natriuretic peptide can be used to evaluate possible effect of stent implantation for patients with hypertension suspected to stenosis of renal artery.