1)日本循環器学会,他2010年度合同研究班:急性心不全治療ガイドライン(2011年改訂版).pp15. http://www.j-circ.or.jp/guideline/pdf/JCS2011_izumi_h.pdf(2015年7月13日現在)
2)Tang WH, et al:National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines;Clinical utilization of cardiac biomarker testing in heart failure. Circulation 116 : e99-e109, 2007.
3)Januzzi JL Jr, et al:The N-terminal Pro-BNP investigation of dyspnea in the emergency department(PRIDE)study. Am J Cardiol 95(8): 948-954, 2005.
4)Januzzi JL, et al:NT-proBNP testing for diagnosis and short-term prognosis in acute destabilized heart failure;an international pooled analysis of 1256 patients;the International Collaborative of NT-proBNP Study. Eur Heart J 27 : 330-337, 2006.
5)McDonagh TA, et al:Biochemical detection of left-ventricular systolic dysfunction. Lancet 351(9095): 9-13, 1998.
6)De Lemos JA, et al:Screening the population for left ventricular hypertrophy and left ventricular systolic dysfunction using natriuretic peptides;results from the Dallas Heart Study. Am Heart J 157(4): 746-753, 2009.
7)Tschope C, et al:The role of NT-proBNP in the diagnostic of isolated diastolic dysfunction;correlateon with echocardiogramphic and invasive measurements. Eur Heart J 26(21): 2277-2284, 2005.
8)日本心不全学会:血中BNPやNT-ProBNP値を用いた心不全診療の留意点について. http://www.asas.or.jp/jhfs/topics/bnp201300403.html(2015年7月13日現在)
9)Masson S, et al:Val-HeFT Investigators. Direct comparison of B-type natriuretic peptide(BNP)and amino-terminal proBNP in a large population of patients with chronic and symptomatic heart failure;The Valsartan Heart Failure(Val-HeFT)data. Clin Chem 52(8): 1528-1538, 2006.
10)Tsutamoto T, et al:Relationship between renal function and plasma brain natriuretic peptide in patients with heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 47(3): 582-586, 2006.
11)Doi Y, et al:N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic Peptide and risk of cardiovascular events in a Japanese community;the hisayama study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 31 : 2997-3003, 2011.
12)Thomas J, et al:Plasma Natriuretic Peptide Levels and the Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death. N Engl J Med 350 : 655-663, 2004.
13)Paul M, et al:Amino-terminal Pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and B-type natriuretic peptide;biomarkers for mortality in a large community-based cohort free of heart failure. Hypertension 47(5): 874-880, 2006.