Significant initial laboratory values returned a brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) = 2,845 (< 100 pg/mL), troponin-I = 1.98 (<0.15 ng/mL), lactic acid = 2.0 (0.5 - 1.6 mmol/L) (Figure 3). Chest radiograph showed bilateral infiltrates (Figure 4) with pulmonary congestion consistent with atypical pneumonia with superimposed pulmonary edema. This evidence concerns the gene NPPB and pneumonia.