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[Modern principles of diagnostics of chronic cardiac insufficiency]
Abstract:
Chronic cardiac insufficiency manifests itself in a number of clinical syndromes with signs and symptoms characterized by low specificity and sensitivity. ESC and ACC/AHA experts propose to use brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and/or N-terminal BNP propeptide (NT-proBNP) levels in combination with tissue velocity imaging (TVI) to facilitate diagnostics of this condition. BNP and NT-proBNP levels are highly specific and sensitive indicators of left ventricular myocardium overload while TVI reveals chronic cardiac insufficiency in the asymptomatic phase of its development. Q-analysis of TVI provides data on global and local myocardial contraction and relaxation and allows objective quantitative evaluation of these functions in lieu of less accurate subjective characteristic. A number of cohort studies have confirmed high specificity and sensitivity of TVI, BNP and NT-proBNP levels at the early stages of chronic cardiac insufficiency.
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