Stepniakowski K, Januszewicz A, Lapiński M, Wocial B, Ignatowska-Switalska H, Feltynowski T, Chlebus H, Januszewicz W
Kardiol Pol. 1989;32 Suppl 1:43-50.
Atrial natriuretic peptide concentrations (ANP) were determined in 4 patients with pheochromocytoma during its surgical removal. There was no correlation among ANP level, plasma catecholamines concentrations and blood pressure. Increase of plasma ANP concentration after tumor removal can be explained by simultaneously observed hypervolemia. It proves that ANP secretion mostly depends on enlarged central blood volume.