Brain natriuretic peptide between traditional and nontraditional risk factors in hemodialysis patients: analysis of cardiovascular mortality in a two-year follow-up

Selim, GJulshen; Stojcheva Taneva, Olivera; Spasovski, Goce; Georgievska-Ismail, Ljubica; Zafirova Ivanovska, Beti; Gelev, S; Dzekova Vidimliski, Pavlina; Trajcheska, Lada; Trojachanec Piponska, Sonja; SHikole, Aleksandar

doi:10.1159/000327615

Brain natriuretic peptide between traditional and nontraditional risk factors in hemodialysis patients: analysis of cardiovascular mortality in a two-year follow-up

Journal

Nephron. Clinical practice

Date Issued

2011

Author(s)

Gelev, S

Trojachanec Piponska, Sonja

DOI

10.1159/000327615

Abstract

The ability of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) together with other traditional and nontraditional risk factors to predict cardiovascular (CV) mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients has not been well established. The aim of this prospective study was to determine the predictive cutoff values of baseline measurement of BNP along with the known CV disease risk factors to predict all-cause and CV mortality in HD patients.