Congruently, very recent epidemiologic studies have reported associations between natriuretic peptides and vascular diseases: in 2015, results from the Heinz-Nixdorf-Recall-study[7] and the Rotterdam study[8] ascertained a predictive value of NT-proBNP for stroke and myocardial infarction. The gene discussed is NPPB; the disease is myocardial infarction.