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Correlative study between plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and right ventricular Tei index in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

??Abstract??Objective To investigate the correlation among plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide ??NT-proBNP?? and right ventricular Tei ??RVTei?? and right ventricular fractional area change ??RVFAC?? in children with pulmonary hypertension. Methods From January 2007 to November 2012??echocardiography and serological examination data of 38 patients from Samsung Seoul Hospital in Korea were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups ??16 cases with 30??PASP??70mmHg ??mild to moderate?? and 22 cases with PASP≥70mmHg ??severe??. Results ??1??RVFAC?? PASP and plasma concentration of NT-proBNP had a statistically significant difference??P??0.05?? between mild to moderate PAH group and severe PAH group . RVTei index had no difference between the two groups??P??0.05??. ??2??Correlation analysis??the plasma concentration of NT-proBNP had a positive correlation ??r = 0.544??P??0.05??with PASP??a negative correlation??r = -0.767??P??0.05??with RVFAC??RVFAC had a negative correlation??r = -0.711??-0.767??P??0.05?? with PASP and the plasma concentrations of NT-proBNP?? the RVTei had no correlation with the plasma concentration of NT-proBNP?? PASP or RVFAC??r = -0.041??-0.048??0.016??P??0.05??. Conclusion Whether there are correlations between the plasma concentration of NT-proBNP and RVFAC depends on the degree of PAH. This suggests that the plasma concentration of NT-proBNP and RVFAC can be used as evaluation of right ventricular function in children with pulmonary hypertension.