B-type natriuretic peptides are a marker for congenital heart disease in neonates: cheap, feasible, and accurate; why not use them for screening?

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 May;14(4):438-9. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31827d118c.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / blood*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood*
  • Peptide Fragments / blood*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / blood*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Peptide Fragments
  • pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain