Abstract
The ability of neurohumoral reflex control mechanisms to respond to a vasodilator mediated alteration in hemodynamic status was studied. A sodium nitroprusside infusion was administered to 5 normal subjects and 47 patients with severe congestive heart failure resulting in significant decreases in mean arterial pressure and in systemic vascular resistance. As expected in normals the vasodilator stimulus caused a reflex activation in both the renin-angiotensin system and sympathetic nervous system as measured by increased plasma renin activity and plasma norepinephrine, respectively. In the patients with heart failure, plasma renin activity rose similarly in response to nitroprusside (+63% in heart failure, 100% in normals, P = NS) while plasma norepinephrine remained essentially unchanged (+11% in heart failure, 98% in normals, P less than 0.01). These data demonstrate that the neurohumoral dysfunction seen in patients with heart failure is not uniform. In patients with severe congestive heart failure the renin-angiotensin system apparently is activated by mechanisms other than sympathetic nervous stimulation. This intact reflex humoral response may still function in opposition to the beneficial hemodynamic effects produced by d...Continue Reading
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