Prognosis Implication of N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Adult Patients With Acute Myocarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in assessing the poor outcomes of adult patients with acute myocarditis.

Methods

A total of 170 adult patients with available NT-proBNP information were included in the study. They were grouped according to quartiles of NT-proBNP concentrations at admission. Baseline and follow-up information was collected. Thirty-day major adverse cardiac events (MACE) were death and heart transplantation. Long-term MACE included all-cause death, heart transplantation, re-hospitalization due to heart failure, sustained ventricular arrhythmia, and myocarditis relapse.

Results

During a median follow-up of 3.8 years, patients in the highest NT-proBNP quartile suffered fro

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9009355 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature