Scientists from the University of California identified in a blood protein called NT-proBNP. This protein is detected in the significant increase in hormone BNP, produced the heart muscle. In normal hormone BNP concentration is very low. New test may help assess the likelihood of a heart attack, stroke or heart failure in people suffering from heart diseases.
Increased levels of this hormone, and consequently the protein NT-proBNP suggests that the heart of a long period of time working with the overload, increased (for example, in heart failure), or insufficiently supplied with blood, said study leader Mary Vuley. Tests were conducted on the 987 test patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases. During 3.5 years 256 patients have died of a heart attack or stroke.
The doctors found that people who had the highest levels of the protein, the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death was 8 times higher than among people with low NT-proBNP. According to researchers, the new test will allow doctors more accurately assess the condition of the heart muscle in people with diagnosed heart disease and identify patients who require higher doses of drugs.
Increased levels of this hormone, and consequently the protein NT-proBNP suggests that the heart of a long period of time working with the overload, increased (for example, in heart failure), or insufficiently supplied with blood, said study leader Mary Vuley. Tests were conducted on the 987 test patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases. During 3.5 years 256 patients have died of a heart attack or stroke.
The doctors found that people who had the highest levels of the protein, the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death was 8 times higher than among people with low NT-proBNP. According to researchers, the new test will allow doctors more accurately assess the condition of the heart muscle in people with diagnosed heart disease and identify patients who require higher doses of drugs.
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