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Ventricular expression of brain natriuretic peptide in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Author(s) -
Koji Hasegawa,
Hisayoshi Fujiwara,
Kiyoshi Doyama,
Masami Miyamae,
Takako Fujiwara,
Shigeru Suga,
Masashi Mukoyama,
Kazuwa Nakao,
Hideto Imura,
S Sasayama
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.88.2.372
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , brain natriuretic peptide , heart failure , ejection fraction , cardiomyopathy , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , natriuretic peptide , diastole , atrial natriuretic peptide , blood pressure
Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), as a cardiac hormone, is expressed together with atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in the ventricles in congestive heart failure. However, the ventricular expression of BNP in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with normal systolic function is still unclear.

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