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To study the site of release and factors affecting the releases of the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in the pediatric patients, we measured the plasma ANP concentrations in 23 normal healthy children, 19 patients with congestive heart failure and 16 patients with cardiac disease undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization.
The following results were obtained.
1) The plasma ANP concentrations of the vein (226.3¡¾74.9... |
