Comparison of Serum proBNP and Apelin Levels in Hypertensive Crisis Versus Controlled Hypertension: Impact of Opium Addiction Status
Contrary to the general belief that opium addiction has cardioprotective effects, we found that opium addiction in controlled HTN subjects was associated with higher DBP and proBNP levels were elevated in addicts with HTN crisis, indicating potential cardiac damage.
Authors
- Mansour Moazenzadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-8503)
- Parya Jangipour Afshar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1364-9912)
- Hamidreza Nasri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-2003)
- Shirin Jafari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1483-1043)
Institutions
- Kerman University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Addiction and Health
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.34172/ahj.1581
- Primary Topic
- Apelin-related biomedical research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00