Nader Ahmad Mohamad Haroun <br/><br/>
Role of brain natriuretic peptide in predicting the short term cardiovascular outcomes in preeclampsia and eclampsia patients /  
 دور هرمون الببتيد المخى المدر للبول فى التنبوء بحدوث الإصابات القلبية فى مرضى المصابين بتسمم الحمل و المصاحب لة تشنجات على المدى القصير 
Nader Ahmad Mohamad Haroun ; Supervised Essam Baligh Eweis , Reda Hussien Diab , Ghada Sayed Mahmoud 
 - Cairo :   Nader Ahmad Mohamad Haroun ,   2014 
 - 127 P. :   facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology 
<br/><br/> Preeclampsia is a disorder of widespread vascular endothelial malfunction and vasospasm that occurs after 20 weeks gestation and can present as late as 4 - 6 weeks postpartum. It is clinically defined by hypertension and proteinuria, with or without pathologic edema. The association between preeclampsia/eclampsia and adverse cardiovascular events might reflect a common cause for preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease, or an effect of preeclampsia on disease development, or both. B- type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is synthesized in cardiac ventricles in response to volume expansion. This study evaluated BNP levels to determine trends during pregnancy, and to assess BNP as a diagnostic tool in preeclampsia 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Brain natruretic peptide Echocardiography studies Preeclampsia and eclampsias patients