Is human atrial natriuretic peptide in fetal blood useful as a parameter to detect the decompensate state of the fetal heart?

Shimokawa, H.; Sumioki, H.; Miyamoto, S.; Maeda, H.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Nakano, H.

Journal of Perinatal Medicine 16(5-6): 485-486

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5577
PMID: 2977187
Document Number: 319754
In nonimmunologic hydrops fetalis associated with heart anomaly, plasma human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP) values in umbilical venous blood were significantly higher than those in normal infants. These findings indicate that significant release of hANP from atria is induced by the decompensatory state of the fetal heart.

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