Accordingly, BNP treatment of infarcted hearts reduced also mRNA levels coding for vimentin in the RZ of infarcted hearts 1 (−59%, p=0.004) and 4 (-36%, p=0.025) weeks after MI, which suggests an effect on fibrosis development as already demonstrated by other (Moilanen et al., 2011). This evidence concerns the gene VIM and myocardial infarction.