COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE INHIBITORS OR B TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE ANALOGUES RESISTANT TO PROLYL-SPECIFIC DIPEPTIDYL DEGRADATION

摘要

The present invention describes compositions and methods for treating cardiovascular disease and myocardial infarction using dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors. Also provided are methods for increasing natriuretic peptide function by administering one or more analogues of B type natriuretic peptide that provide increased stability in the presence of prolyl-specific dipeptidyl peptide.