Changes in plasma renin activity and haemodynamics during vasodilator therapy in conscious dogs with myocardial infarction or chronic volume overload

European Journal of Clinical Investigation
H PouleurJ W Covell

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare the changes in plasma renin activity induced by a vasodilator in normal dogs and in dogs with an impaired cardiac reserve. In normal conscious dogs, a 60-min nitroprusside infusion increased plasma renin activity from 1.05 +/- 0.26 to 8.35 +/- 1.20 ng, angiotensin I ml-1 h-1 (P less than 0.002) and heart rate from 83 +/- 6 to 149 +/- 15 beats/min (P less than 0.002). In five dogs in which a aortocaval fistula had been created 4 weeks earlier, the same infusion still increased plasma renin activity but significantly less than in normal dogs (0.90 +/- 0.29 to 4.44 +/- 0.64 ng ml-1 h-1; P less than 0.01) and the heart rate was unchanged (134 +/- 4 to 139 +/- 7 beats/min; NS). Similarly, in five dogs with a previous myocardial infarction, the heart rats response to nitroprusside was blunted (108 to 107 beats/min;NS) and plasma renin activity increased less than in normal dogs. Plasma renin activity also increased acutely after hydralazine administration in dogs which myocardial infarction (1.05 +/- 0.26 to 8.99 +/- 0.79 ng ml-1 h-1; P less than 0.05); after 1 week of hydralazine, plasma volume had increased from 54.9 +/- 0.9 ml kg-1 to 74.5 +/- 4.9 ml kg-1 (P less than 0.05) and plasma renin acti...Continue Reading

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Jan 1, 1984·British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology·M G NichollsM A Fitzpatrick
Jul 1, 1984·Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology·John Kjekshus

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