B-type natriuretic peptide levels in the patients with hypertensive heart failure

ABSTRACT

In 32 hypertensive heart failure patients (HHF group) including 19 male, 13 female, aged 60.3710.25 and 10 patients without HHF 5 male, 5 female, aged 69.4  1.2, plasma BNP level in HHF group was 568.02  473.86 pg/ml and in without HHF group was 13.61  13.60 pg/ml. For HHF patients of degree I-IV, the sensitivity was 78%, and the specificity was 100% and for who of degree II-IV, sensitivity 92% and specificity 100%.