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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: At the highest completed dose of the hBNP, mean pulmonary artery pressure decreased from 38. 3 + / - 1. 6 to 25. 9 + / - 1. 7 mm Hg ; mean pulmonary capillary wedge pressure decreased from 25. 1 + / - 1. 1 to 13. 2 + / - 1. 3 mm Hg ; mean right atrial pressure decreased from 10. 9 + / - 1 to 4. 8 + / - 1. 0 mm Hg ; mean arterial pressure decreased from 85. 2 + / - 2. 0 to 74. 9 + / - 1. 7 mm Hg ; and cardiac index increased from 2. 0 + / - 0. 1 to 2. 5 + / - 0. 1 L/min per square meter (all P <. 01 versus placebo).