• Kyobu Geka · Feb 2000

    Clinical Trial

    [Dose the serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level after open heart surgery reflect myocardial protection?].

    • B Shirasawa, K Hamano, T Kawamura, H Gohra, T Katoh, Y Fujimura, N Zempo, and K Esato.
    • First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
    • Kyobu Geka. 2000 Feb 1; 53 (2): 123-6.

    AbstractThis clinical study was conducted to determine whether the serum BNP level after open heart surgery reflects myocardial protection. The levels of BNP and CPK-MB were measured before and after 12 hours of cardiopulmonary bypass, then 1, 3, and 6 days after open heart surgery, and the relationship between the maximum levels of BNP and the CPK-MB after open heart surgery was examined. The patients were divided into two groups according to whether or not the maximum CPK MB was more than 100 IU/l after open heart surgery. A significant relationship between the maximum BNP and the maximum CPK-MB after open heart surgery was observed (p = 0.013). Moreover, the BNP was significantly increased in the group of patients with a maximum CPK-MB > or = 100 IU/l, compared to that in those with a maximum CPK-MB < 100 IU/l, 12 hours 1 day, and 6 days after open heart surgery (p < 0.01). These findings indicate that the serum level of BNP after open heart surgery can reflect myocardial protection.

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