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Racial Differences in Circulating Natriuretic Peptide Levels: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
BACKGROUND: Natriuretic peptides promote natriuresis, diuresis, and vasodilation. Experimental deficiency of natriuretic peptides leads to hypertension (HTN) and cardiac hypertrophy, conditions more common among African Americans. Hospital-based studies suggest that African Americans may have reduce...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4599412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25999400 http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.001831 |