Plasma natriuretic peptide levels and the risk of cardiovascular events and death. | Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)

Wang TJ, Larson MG, Levy D, Benjamin EJ, Leip EP, Omland T, Wolf PA, Vasan RS. Plasma natriuretic peptide levels and the risk of cardiovascular events and death. The New England journal of medicine. 2004 Feb 12;350(350). 655-63. PMID: 14960742 [PubMed]

Abstract

The natriuretic peptides are counterregulatory hormones involved in volume homeostasis and cardiovascular remodeling. The prognostic significance of plasma natriuretic peptide levels in apparently asymptomatic persons has not been established.