NPPB and Hypertension: AMI patients were characterized as consisting of a greater number of males, worsened cardiac functions, larger left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD), increased serum Troponin I (TnI) and NT-pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels, increased numbers of leukocytes, neutrophils, and monocytes, increased fasting blood glucose levels and an increased prevalence of comorbidity with hypertension.