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Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 
 
 
 
 

Early changes in plasma brain and atrial natriuretic peptides in premature infants: correlation with pulmonary arterial pressure.

To define the change in plasma natriuretic peptides in newborns, we prospectively studied 10 premature infants. They were followed sequentially during the first week of extrauterine life by two-dimensional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography, and studied for atrial natriuretic peptide ( ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). We estimated mean pulmonary arterial pressure (MPAP) and measured blood pressure on days 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, respectively. Plasma ANP levels were 81.7 +/- 11.4 pg/ml on day 1 and 67.9 +/- 6.0 pg/ml on day 7, respectively. Between day 2 and day 7, there was a fall in MPAP, i.e. from 37 +/- 4 mmHg to 22 +/- 2 mmHg (P < 0.01), which was associated with a significant decrease in plasma BNP (41.8 +/- 10.1 pg/ml on day 2 vs. 10.4 +/- 0.9 pg/ml on day 7, P < 0.01). There was a positive correlation between MPAP and plasma BNP level (r = 0.643, P < 0.0001), but there was no correlation between MPAP and plasma ANP level. These data suggest that the pattern of secretion of BNP is different from that of ANP and that BNP levels reflect the changes of pulmonary arterial pressure in the neonatal period in premature infants.[1]

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  1. Early changes in plasma brain and atrial natriuretic peptides in premature infants: correlation with pulmonary arterial pressure. Ikemoto, Y., Nogi, S., Teraguchi, M., Kojima, T., Hirata, Y., Kobayashi, Y. Early Hum. Dev. (1996) [Pubmed]
 
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