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Relationship between Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Successful Electrical
1Central Hospital, Jiading District, Shangai, China.
Objective:
To investigate the relationship between brain natriuretic peptide and recurrence of atrial fibrillation after successful electrical cardioversion.
Methods:
Medline and Embase databases were used to identify publications evaluating BNP/N-Terminal (NT)-proBNP levels in association with atrial fibrillation recurrence after successful electrical cardioversion. Nineteen studies that fulfilled the specified criteria of our analysis were found.
Results:
Baseline BNP/NT-proBNP levels of the atrial fibrillation recurrence group were significantly higher than those of the sinus rhythm maintaining group (SMD -0.70, CI [-0.82, -0.58]).
Conclusion:
Our analysis suggests that low BNP/NT-proBNP levels are associated with sinus rhythm maintenance, and baseline BNP/NT-proBNP concentrations may be a predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence after successful electrical cardioversion.
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