Elevated B-type natriuretic peptide without volume overload in a left ventricular assist device patient with a subdural hematoma

ASAIO J. 2010 Jan-Feb;56(1):77-8. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181c40048.

Abstract

We report a case of elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) without volume overload in a left ventricular assist device patient with a subdural hematoma and cerebral salt wasting syndrome suggesting a noncardiac etiology for BNP elevation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / complications
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / surgery
  • Cardiomyopathies / complications
  • Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology*
  • Cardiomyopathies / surgery
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Dyslipidemias / complications
  • Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
  • Hematoma, Subdural / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Male
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood*

Substances

  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain