... at least 1 week before the experiment began. Digitalis and clinically indicated anti- arrhythmic drugs were continued at the normal daily dose Key words: arginine vasopressin, atrial natriuretic factor, congestive heart failure, haemodynamics, renin-aldosterone system. Abbreviations: ANF, atrial...

... of atrial distension), and suggest that changes of plasma ANP concentration may have induced the natriuresis which occurred in the face of a modest activation of the sodium-retaining renin-aldosterone system. 22 7 1988 17 8 1988 © 1989 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research...

... of the renin–aldosterone system by water immersion alone was not significantly different from that obtained during water immersion plus dopamine blockade. 5. On the contrary, plasma prolactin levels, previously suppressed during water immersion alone, were significantly stimulated during water immersion plus...

...P. Coruzzi; A. Biggi; L. Musiari; C. Ravanetti; A. Novarini 1. We studied renin-aldosterone system behaviour in five renovascular hypertensive patients during central hypervolaemia by water immersion to the neck. 2. Water immersion significantly suppressed the high peripheral renin levels...