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To the Editor: Brain natriuretic peptide was originally isolated from the mammalian brain^1,2 and acts as a cardiac hormone resembling atrial natriuretic peptide^3,4. Brain natriuretic peptide is synthesized primarily by the ventricles, and its expression in the ventricles is induced in ventricular overload and hypertrophy⁵. These observations suggest the possible involvement of this peptide in the pathophysiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

We measured plasma concentrations of brain natriuretic peptide in 15 asymptomatic patients with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (mean [±SD] age, 14.4 ±5.1 years), 35 age-matched patients with left ventricular hypertrophy due to pressure overload (i.e., aortic stenosis or coarctation . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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