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Clinical relevance of a raised plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level in a population-based cohort of nonagenarians.

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Vaes, Bert [] de Ruijter, Wouter [] Degryse, Jean-Marie [UCL] Westendorp, Rudi G J [] Gussekloo, Jacobijn []

To investigate whether plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) remains a specific marker of cardiac illness in very old age and can be used to identify very elderly people at high risk for death independent of the presence of known cardiac diagnoses.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2009
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of the American Geriatrics Society" - Vol. 57, no. 5, p. 823-829 (2009)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
issn 0002-8614
e-issn 1532-5415
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSS/IRSS - Institut de recherche santé et société
MESH Subject Aged, 80 and over ; Biological Markers - blood ; Male ; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood ; Netherlands ; Peptide Fragments - blood ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Proportional Hazards Models ; Prospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Cardiovascular Diseases - blood, mortality ; Cause of Death ; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Health Status Indicators ; Humans ; Linear Models
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Bibliographic reference Vaes, Bert ; de Ruijter, Wouter ; Degryse, Jean-Marie ; Westendorp, Rudi G J ; Gussekloo, Jacobijn. Clinical relevance of a raised plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level in a population-based cohort of nonagenarians.. In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 57, no. 5, p. 823-829 (2009)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/70076