The search for a pathophysiological link between gender, cardiac endocrine function, body mass regulation and cardiac mortality: Proposal for a working hypothesis
Keywords: ANP; Atrial Natriuretic Peptide, COOH-terminal fragment of proANP; BMI; Body mass index; BNP; Brain (or B-type) Natriuretic Peptide, COOH-terminal fragment of proBNP; cAMP; Cyclic adenosine 3â²,5â²-monophosphate; cGMP; Cyclic guanosine 3â²,5â²-monopho