title: Plasma atrial natriuretic factor in uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) levels were measured in 29 patients who had normal atrial hemodynamics on days 4 and 8 after an uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction (AMI). All patients had increased ANF levels on day 4. On day 8 of the ANF levels had declined significantly to normal values in 14 patients with enzymatically smaller AMI and higher ejection fractions (> or = 40%), while they remained elevated in 16 patients with larger AMI and lower ejection fractions (< 40%). The study data are compatible with increased secretion of ANF by the more extensively damaged left ventricles in AMI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kyriakidis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petropoulakis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aspiotis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tselika
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antonopoulos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marakas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toutouzas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000097:blood; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins; D000450:Aldosterone; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D012083:Renin