Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156, Augsburg, Germany.
Respir Res. 2018 Jan 15;19(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s12931-017-0712-9.
While the N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) at rest is known to be associated with prognosis in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), it is unclear if the NT-proBNP response to exercise (ΔNT-proBNP) can contribute to a better assessment of disease severity.
We investigated the association of NT-proBNP values at rest and during peak exercise with hemodynamics and cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters in 63 therapy-naive PAH patients.
The median NT-proBNP increases from 1414 at rest to 1500 pg/ml at peak exercise. The ΔNT-proBNP is baseline-dependent in PAH. Both, NT-proBNP at rest and NT-proBNP at peak exercise, are significantly correlated with hemodynamics and functional capacity. However, neither NT-proBNP at peak exercise nor ΔNT-proBNP correlated better with surrogate markers of disease severity than NT-proBNP at rest.
The ΔNT-proBNP does not contribute to a better assessment of disease severity in PAH.
虽然静息状态下的 N 末端脑利钠肽前体(NT-proBNP)与肺动脉高压(PAH)的预后相关,但目前尚不清楚运动时的 NT-proBNP 反应(ΔNT-proBNP)是否可以更好地评估疾病严重程度。
我们研究了 63 例未经治疗的 PAH 患者的静息和峰值运动时的 NT-proBNP 值与血流动力学和心肺运动测试参数之间的关系。
NT-proBNP 中位数从静息时的 1414pg/ml 增加到峰值运动时的 1500pg/ml。PAH 患者的 ΔNT-proBNP 与基线相关。静息时和峰值运动时的 NT-proBNP 均与血流动力学和功能能力显著相关。然而,无论是峰值运动时的 NT-proBNP 还是 ΔNT-proBNP,都与疾病严重程度的替代标志物的相关性均不如静息时的 NT-proBNP。
ΔNT-proBNP 不能更好地评估 PAH 的疾病严重程度。