Very Long-Term Prognostic Role of Admission BNP in Non-ST Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Abstract Background: BNP has been extensively evaluated to determine short- and intermediate-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome, but its role in long-term mortality is not known. Objective: To determine the very long-term prognostic role of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) for all-cause mortality in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS). Methods: A cohort of 224 consecutive patients with NSTEACS, prospectively seen in the Emergency Department, had BNP measured on arrival to establish prognosis, and underwent a median 9.34-year follow-up for all-cause mortality. Results: Unstable angina was diagnosed in 52.2%, and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, in 47.8%. Median admission BNP was 81.9 pg/mL (IQ range = 22.2; 225) and mortality rate was correlated with increasing BNP quartiles: 14.3; 16.1; 48.2; and 73.2% (p < 0.0001). ROC curve disclosed 100 pg/mL as the best BNP cut-off value for mortality prediction (area under the curve = 0.789, 95% CI= 0.723-0.854), being a strong predictor of late mortality: BNP < 100 = 17.3% vs. BNP ≥ 100 = 65.0%, RR = 3.76 (95% CI = 2.49-5.63, p < 0.001). On logistic regression analysis, age >72 years (OR = 3.79, 95% CI = 1.62-8.86, p = 0.002), BNP ≥ 100 pg/mL (OR = 6.24, 95% CI = 2.95-13.23, p < 0.001) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (OR = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.97-0.99, p = 0.049) were independent late-mortality predictors. Conclusions: BNP measured at hospital admission in patients with NSTEACS is a strong, independent predictor of very long-term all-cause mortality. This study allows raising the hypothesis that BNP should be measured in all patients with NSTEACS at the index event for long-term risk stratification.

Influence of nucleus accumbens core or shell stimulation on early long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus of freely moving rats

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Naturwiss., Diss., 2010

Long memory model of resting state functional MRI

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Diss., 2013

Bulletin Zoologique : Contenant l'Analyse Raisonnee des Ouvrages les plus Remarquables.

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Genetic influences on long-term memory control : COMT and retrieval-induced forgetting

Magdeburg, Univ., Med. Fak., Diss., 2014

Die Rezeption von Kundenzeitschriften gesetzlicher Krankenkassen : Eine qualitative Untersuchung am Beispiel des „Gesundheitstelegramms“ der IKK gesund plus

Kundenmagazine sind ein wichtiges Instrument des Marketing und der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Dies haben auch die gesetzlichen Krankenkassen erkannt. Im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs nutzen sie ihre Kundenzeitschriften zur Mitgliedererhaltung. Wie aber werden diese Zeitschriften von ihrer Leserschaft rezipiert und welche Handlungsmotive liegen dem zugrunde? Im Rahmen einer qualitativen Untersuchung wurde dies anhand von Befragungen der Rezipienten des "Gesundheitstelegramms" der IKK gesund plus analysiert.

Long-term Forecasting of Frame Alignment Losses for Circuit Emulation Implementation

The article provides a method for long-term forecast of frame alignment losses based on the bit-error rate monitoring for structure-agnostic circuit emulation service over Ethernet in a mobile backhaul network. The developed method with corresponding algorithm allows to detect instants of probable frame alignment losses in a long term perspective in order to give engineering personnel extra time to take some measures aimed at losses prevention. Moreover, long-term forecast of frame alignment losses allows to make a decision about the volume of TDM data encapsulated into a circuit emulation frame in order to increase utilization of the emulated circuit. The developed long-term forecast method formalized with the corresponding algorithm is recognized as cognitive and can act as a part of network predictive monitoring system.

The long-clawed South American rodents of the genus Notiomys, by Wilfred H. Osgood. Report on results of the Captain Marshall Field expeditions.

v.12:no.9(1925)

The description of a new species of South American hocicudo, or long-nose mouse, genus Oxymycterus (Sigmodontinae, Muroidea) : with a critical review of the generic content / Philip Hershkovitz.

n.s. no.79(1994)

Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle; ou, traité complet de cette science d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éminents de tous les pays et de toutes les époques: Buffon, Daubenton, Lacépède, G. Cuvier, F. Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Latreille, De Jussieu, Brongniart, etc.

Coléoptères No.2

Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe :ou descriptions et figures des plantes les plus rares et les plus méritantes, nouvellement introduites sur le continent ou en Angleterre ...

v.14 (1859-1861)

Annales d'horticulture et de botanique, ou Flore des jardins du royaume des Pays-Bas, et histoire des plantes cultivées les plus intéressantes des possessions néerlandaises aux Indes orientales, en Amérique et du Japon.

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