Reply to the letter by Kapoor entitled 'emerging new markers of stroke risk and prognosis'

摘要

We appreciate the interest of Dr. Ka-poor in our article recently published in European Neurology 1. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a cardiac neurohormone specifically secreted from the ventricles in response to ventricular volume expansion and pressure overload. Previous studies have shown that the BNP level is related to cardiac function, and it has been used as a biochemical marker of congestive heart failure.