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We sought to investigate BNP levels at different cardiac sites in PAF patients before and after left atrial ablation and compare these with a non\u2013atrial fibrillation control cohort.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>Methods and Results\u2014<\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            Twenty PAF patients (52\ufffd10 years, 70% men; left ventricular ejection fraction, 55\ufffd3%) undergoing ablation were studied, BNP levels were measured at different cardiac sites before and after ablation and compared with a control cohort undergoing ablation for left lateral accessory pathways (10 patients, 41\ufffd11 years; left ventricular ejection fraction, 55\ufffd4%). In both cohorts, the coronary sinus BNP levels were the greatest. The PAF cohort had significantly greater BNP levels than the control cohort at all sites before and after ablation. Ablation of the left atrium was associated with a significant decrease in coronary sinus BNP levels (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =0.05) and transcardiac BNP gradient (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =0.03). This was not observed in the control cohort.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>Conclusions\u2014<\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            BNP levels are elevated in PAF, with the highest levels in the coronary sinus. Ablation of the left atrium was associated with an immediate decrease of BNP levels, implicating this as the source.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1161\/circep.108.831586","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,12,5]],"date-time":"2009-12-05T04:36:57Z","timestamp":1259987817000},"page":"18-23","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Characterization of Cardiac Brain Natriuretic Peptide Release in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Left Atrial Ablation"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Paul A.","family":"Gould","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"L.J.","family":"Gula","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"V.","family":"Bhayana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"R.N.","family":"Subbiah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C.","family":"Bentley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raymond","family":"Yee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"George J.","family":"Klein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew D.","family":"Krahn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Allan C.","family":"Skanes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_1_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.177292"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","unstructured":"Deleted in proof."},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2005.11.030"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1071-9164(00)90010-1"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_5_2","first-page":"1623","volume":"11","year":"2006","unstructured":"Date T, Yamane T, Inada K, Matsuo S, Miyanaga S, Sugimoto KI, Shibayama K, Taniguchi I, Mochizuki S. 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