In our study population of outpatients with cardiovascular risk factors, plasma concentrations of MR-proANP were negatively and independently related to clinically relevant anxiety. Further investigations are required to search for possible anxiolytic effects of this circulating natriuretic peptide in medical outpatients with cardiovascular risk factors for diastolic dysfunction.
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