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ReviewCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy2020

Circulating biomarkers in the early detection of hypertensive heart disease: usefulness in the developing world.

Dike Ojji, Elena Libhaber, Kim Lamont, Friedrich Thienemann, Karen Sliwa

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Review in Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Dike OjjiCardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
Elena LibhaberSoweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kim LamontSoweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Friedrich ThienemannHatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Karen SliwaSoweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
University of the Witwatersrand · ZAUniversity of Abuja Teaching Hospital · NGUniversity of Cape Town · ZAWellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the varying phenotypic spectra of hypertensive heart disease (HHD) can be assessed by electrocardiography (ECG), echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), ECG criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) are insensitive, while echocardiography and CMR are expensive, less readily available and often lack requisite expertise. Consequently, the use of circulating biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognostication of HHD beyond the traditional N-terminal pro- b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) have become an attractive alternative. We carried out a PubMed and Google Scholar databases' search of original articles on circulating biomarkers used in the diagnosis of the different spectrum of HHD over the last 10 years [2005-2015] in humans. Fourteen studies met the inclusion criteria with NT-pro BNP being the most studied circulating biomarker in HHD followed by soluble ST2 (sST2). There is a lack of data on the use of circulating biomarkers in HHD. There is a need to explore further this area of investigative cardiology.

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circulating biomarkershypertensive heart disease (HHD)Role

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PMID32420112
PMCPMC7225418
OpenAlexW2980470342

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