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The Efficacy of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Differentiating Constrictive Pericarditis From Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Ferdinand S. Leya, MD^_*,_*, Dinesh Arab, MD^_*, Dominique Joyal, MD^_*, Krystyna M. Shioura, PhD, Bruce E. Lewis, MD^_*, Lowell H. Steen, MD^_* and Leslie Cho, MD^_*

^_* Division of Cardiology, Section of Interventional Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.
Division of Cardiology, Section of Heart Transplant, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.

View larger version (8K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Mean brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels (pg/ml) in constrictive pericarditis (CP) and restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCMP) patients (p < 0.001). Open bar = CP; solid bar = RCMP.