Correlation of the E/E'-ratio to NT-BNP: echocardiographic subanalysis of the LIFE-Adult-Study

The E/E'-ratio is used as a surrogate parameter for the estimation of the left ventricular enddiastolic pressure. It is assumed that chronic systolic and diastolic heart failure is associated with E/E'-values of more than 15 or at least with intermediate values between 9 – 5. The aim of the present retrospective analysis of the epidemiological echocardiographic cohort of the LIFE-Adult study (Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases) was to evaluate the correlation of NT-BNP (N-terminales propeptid BNP) values to the E/E'-ratio by the assessment of left ventricular diastolic function in this cohort. In…