Avtor/Urednik     Pohar, Bojan; Horvat, Matija
Naslov     Influence of hemodynamic changes on neuroendocrine response in acute heart failure
Tip     članek
Vir     Int J Cardiol
Vol. in št.     Letnik 60
Leto izdaje     1997
Obseg     str. 263-71
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     We studied 15 patients with acute deterioration of chronic left ventricular heart failure. We compared the influence of reduction of ventricular filling pressures with glyceryl trinitrate versus reduction of ventricular filling pressures with diuretics on plasma concentration of epinephrine, norepinephrine, aldosterone and renin activity. Reduction of ventricular filling pressures with glyceryl with glyceryl trinitrate had no influence on plasma concentrations of epinephrine, norepineprhine, aldosterone and renin activity. After reduction of ventricular filling presures with diuretics palsma concentrations of epinephrine, norepinephrine and aldosterone decreased, while plasma renin activity did not change. We conclude that there is a difference in the influence of reduction of ventricular filling pressures with glyceryl trinitrate versus reduction of ventricular filling pressures with diuretics, on neuroendocrine response in patients with acute deterioration of left ventricular heart failure. Thus some of the neuroendocrine effects of glyceryl trinitrate are likely to be different from those of diuretics, though that they both produce a reduction in left ventricular filling pressure.
Deskriptorji     HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE
ALDOSTERONE
NOREPINEPHRINE
EPINEPHRINE
VENTRICULAR PRESSURE
RENIN
ACUTE DISEASE
HEART RATE
NITROGLYCERIN
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
VASODILATOR AGENTS
VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION