The role of brain natriuretic peptides as a marker for diagnosing cardiac syncope: A narrative review

Authors

  • Hamideh Feiz Disfani Assistant Professor of emergency medicine, department of emergency medicine, Mashhad University of medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  • Mostafa Kamandi Fellowship of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal medicine, Mashhad University of medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  • Kazem Rahmani Student of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Iran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v5i12.509

Keywords:

Brain Natriuretic Peptide, Cardiac, Emergency departments, Syncope

Abstract

Cardiac disease is the second common cause of syncope in emergency departments. Patients with Cardiac syncope have a higher risk of mortality than those who have a non-cardiac problem. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) as a cardiac marker has not thoroughly been evaluated in patients with syncope. This article focuses on the studies that have assessed BNP and NT-pro-BNP in cardiac and non-cardiac syncope patients in emergency departments.

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Published

2018-12-25

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 12 (2018)

Section

Review

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Copyright The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access by BioMedPress. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0) which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. 

How to Cite

The role of brain natriuretic peptides as a marker for diagnosing cardiac syncope: A narrative review. (2018). Biomedical Research and Therapy, 5(12), 2904-2909. https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v5i12.509

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