Abstract
Plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a diagnostic marker of cardiovascular diseases, has been previously linked to cerebrovascular diseases. Our goal was to determine whether plasma BNP level is helpful for identifying high-risk individuals who are likely to present with the 3 main subtypes of cerebral small vessel diseases (CSVDs), namely, white matter lesions, lacunar infarcts, and cerebral microbleeds, on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with hypertension.Three hundred forty-six consecutive hypertensive patients presenting at our cardiology or neurology clinic were investigated. Plasma BNP level was measured by chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay. The presence of CSVD was assessed by 1.5-T brain MRI. Multivariate linear regression was used to determine whether individual or combined MRI-defined CSVD subtypes were associated with BNP level, after adjustment for several covariates.The mean age of patients was 69.1 ± 9.8 years, and 44.2% were female. The highest quartile BNP group was positively associated with advanced age, female sex, clinically manifesting cardiac diseases, and ischemic CSVD (white matter lesions and lacunar infarcts) and no association with cerebral microbleeds. According to multivaria...Continue Reading
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