Natrecor brain natriuretic peptide data

Researchers presented interim results of a Phase II study in which Natrecor improved cardiac filling pressures (right atrial pressure - RAP) in the 49 patients treated thus far. RAP measures pressure associated with the filling of the right atrium of the heart.

Patients were given 5 or 10 µg of Natrecor every four hours over a 24-hour period in repeated bolus injections; or 10 µg every six hours; or placebo every four hours or six hours. ...