Author/Authors :
Tanimoto، نويسنده , , Kojiro and Yukiiri، نويسنده , , Kazushi and Mizushige، نويسنده , , Katsufumi and Takagi، نويسنده , , Yuichiro and Masugata، نويسنده , , Hisashi and Shinomiya، نويسنده , , Kaori and Hosomi، نويسنده , , Naohisa and Takahashi، نويسنده , , Tsutomu and Ohmori، نويسنده , , Koji and Kohno، نويسنده , , Masakazu، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We retrospectively evaluated the feasibility of measuring brain natriuretic peptide to identify cardiac syncope in 148 consecutive patients with syncope. Sixty-one patients with cardiac syncope were identified. A cut-off value of 40 pg/ml was used to determine the cardiac causes of syncope; the sensitivity and specificity for identification of cardiac syncope were 82% and 92%, respectively. Thus, measurement of brain natriuretic peptide concentrations may help confirm cardiac causes of syncope, and merits consideration for incorporation into the algorithm used to diagnose syncope.
