Differential diagnostic significance of BNP and NT-proBNP in dyspnea / 心血管康复医学杂志

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Objective:To explore differential diagnosis value of changes of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N ter‐minal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP) concentrations in patients with dyspnea .Methods:A total of 150 patients with dyspnea at hospitalization were enrolled and divided into cardiogenic dyspnea group (CD group ,n=51) ,pulmonary dyspnea group (PD group ,n=47) and cardiogenic plus pulmonary dyspnea group (CPD group ,n=52) .Another 40 healthy subjects were regarded as normal control group .Concentrations of BNP and NT‐proBNP were observed and compared among all groups before and after treatment .Results:Before treatment ,compared with normal control group , there were significant rise in plasma concentrations of BNP and NT‐proBNP in CD group ,CPD group and PD group ,that of CD group was significantly higher than those of PD group and CPD group , and that of CPD group was significantly higher than that of PD group , P<0.01 all .Before treatment ,the NT‐proBNP content in CD group ,CPD group , PD group were [ (3356.6 ± 321.2) pg/ml vs . (3156.9 ± 239.8) pg/ml vs .(2563.7 ± 234.20) pg/ml] respectively , comparison among three groups , P<0.01 all .Compared with before treatment ,one week after discharge ,plasma concentrations of BNP and NT‐proBNP significantly reduced in CD group ,CPD group and PD group ,the plasma BNP and NT‐proBNP concentrations of CD group were the highest , those of PD group were the lowest ,and those of CPD group were the middle , P<0.01 all .Conclusion:Plasma BNP and NT‐proBNP concentrations are helpful to differential diagnose whether dyspnea belongs to cardiogenic or pul‐monary diseases .