A new approach to the interpretation of B-type natriuretic peptide concentration in children with congenital heart disease

Abstract

BNP is the unique cardiac marker that reflects not as much as the degree of heart muscle damage, but mostly the severity of hemodynamic disorder, which is important in congenital heart disease. The only disadvantage of this marker is the barely studied reference values for children. It is known that the younger the child is, the higher the BNP value will be. By shifting from interpreting the absolute values towards the application of zlog-transformed data in clinical practice, we can overcome the above problems.

Keywords

• bnp
• chd
• infant
• zlog value