NPPB and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: BNP and NT-proBNP correlated directly with left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD) and left ventricular volumes and were inversely correlated with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [71,72,73].