Normalization of thyroid hormone levels in patients with either hyper- or hypothyroidism results in a profound change of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) levels

George Koukoulis, Antonis Polymeris, Ioanna Tzavara, Dimitrios Pappas, Nicke Thalassinos

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Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) is a hormone produced by cardiac atrial myocytes. Thyroid hormones may affect its release. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of hyper and hypothyroidism on the secretion of ANP and its relationship with the changes of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Plasma ANP concentration as well as plasma renin activity (PRA) and aldosterone …