Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 8 , Pages 663-667 , October 2007

BNP in Overweight and Obese Patients With Heart Failure: An Analysis Based on the BNP-LV Diastolic Wall Stress Relationship

  • Yoshitaka Iwanaga, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • Yoshitaka Iwanaga, MD, is presently affiliated with the Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yoshitaka Iwanaga, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377–2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama 589–8511, Japan.
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  • Yasuki Kihara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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  • Shinichiro Niizuma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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  • Teruo Noguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Nonogi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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  • Toru Kita, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Yoichi Goto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Received 15 February 2007 ,Revised 3 May 2007 ,Accepted 4 May 2007.

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 Supported by a research grant from the ONO Medical Research Foundation, a Japan Heart Foundation/Novartis Grant for Research Award on Molecular and Cellular Cardiology and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the promotion of Science (18590774).

PII: S1071-9164(07)00164-9

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.05.002

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 8 , Pages 663-667 , October 2007

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