Neurohumoral Profiles in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Differences to Hypertensive Left Ventricular Hypertrophy-

Abstract

The significant neurohumoral differences between HCM and HHD were the plasma concentrations of norepinephrine, ANP and BNP. In HCM patients, the plasma BNP concentration may reflect the intraventricular pressure gradient and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction whereas the plasma ANP concentration reflects only the left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.