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Does Cardiac Morphology Predict Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels In Adolescent Athletes?, Kurt J. Nilsson, Michael S. Womack, Ronald Pfeiffer, Chad Harris, Mark Debeliso
Does Cardiac Morphology Predict Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels In Adolescent Athletes?, Kurt J. Nilsson, Michael S. Womack, Ronald Pfeiffer, Chad Harris, Mark Debeliso
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship of plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) to physiological parameters and cardiac morphological characteristics in a population of young athletes. Our hypothesis is that physiological and cardiac morphological characteristics do not predict BNP levels in adolescent athletes.
Design: Observational study
Setting: Outpatient hospital Patients: 30 healthy male adolescent high school football players (16.0 +/- 1.1 yrs)
Interventions: Physical exam, electrocardiography, plasma BNP measurement by rapid fluorescent immunoassay, and limited echocardiography
Main Outcome Measure Null hypothesis: physiologic parameters and cardiac morphology do not predict plasma BNP levels in healthy …