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    • Weight Loss, Saline Loading, and the Natriuretic Peptide System 

      Arora, P.; Reingold, J.; Baggish, Aaron L.; Guanaga, Derek Philip; Wu, Connie; Ghorbani, Anahita; Song, Y.; Chen-Tournaux, A.; Khan, A. M.; Tainsh, L. T.; Buys, Emmanuel; Williams, Jonathan Sylvan; Heublein, D. M.; Burnett, J. C.; Semigran, Marc J.; Bloch, K. D.; Scherrer-Crosbie, Marielle; Newton-Cheh, Christopher Holmes; Kaplan, Lee Michael; Wang, T. J. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2015)
      Background-—In epidemiologic studies, obesity has been associated with reduced natriuretic peptide (NP) concentrations. Reduced NP production could impair the ability of obese individuals to respond to salt loads, increasing ...