Atrial Fibrillation and Disproportionately Low Natriuretic Peptides in Acute Heart Failure: Exhaustion of the Left Atrial Engine and Its Endocrine Factory

Am J Cardiol. 2024 May 15:219:110-111. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.10.079. Epub 2023 Nov 2.

Authors

Giuseppe D Sanna¹, Guido Parodi²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, Sassari University Hospital, Sassari, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.sanna@aouss.it.
² Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Lavagna Hospital, Lavagna, Italy.

PMID: 37924922
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.10.079

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MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Atrial Fibrillation* / blood
Heart Atria / physiopathology
Heart Failure* / blood
Humans
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood
Natriuretic Peptides / blood

Substances

Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
Natriuretic Peptides