natriuretic-peptide--brain and Guillain-Barre-Syndrome

natriuretic-peptide--brain has been researched along with Guillain-Barre-Syndrome* in 1 studies

Other Studies

1 other study(ies) available for natriuretic-peptide--brain and Guillain-Barre-Syndrome

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A case of acute heart failure associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
    Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:6

    Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a disease of the peripheral nervous system, which is caused by aberrant immune responses directed against some components of peripheral nerves. GBS is rarely accompanied by cardiovascular involvement. We describe a case of acute neuropathy complicated by sudden heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction which had a presumably neurogenic origin. Pathogenesis of acute heart failure is probably due to transitorial stunned myocardium and neurogenic cardiac injury. We show a rare case of transitorial and acute cardiac dysfunction by echocardiography and laboratory markers of heart failure.

    Topics: Aged; Electrocardiography; Guillain-Barre Syndrome; Heart Failure; Humans; Male; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left

2006