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BNP NEDİR? ACİL SERVİSTE BEYİN NATRİÜRETİK FAKTÖR (BNP) KULLANIMI

  • Evvah Karakılıç
  • Mehmet Ali Karaca
  • Şebnem Bozkurt
  • Figen Coşkun
  • Bülent Sivri

Eurasian J Emerg Med 2005;4(1):7-10

The diagnosis of heart failure can be difficult in patients presenting to the ED with acute dyspnea. Rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential in order to begin proper treatment and reduce morbidity and mortality. Although echocardiography is used as the gold standard to diagnose left ventricular dysfunction, its availability in the ED is limited. Recently, serum levels of B-type natriuretic peptide, made in the venticular myocytes, have been used to not only diagnose heart failure, but to provide information about the efficacy of treatment and appropriateness for discharge.

Keywords: Heart failure, B-type natriuretic peptide