title: [Arterial hypertension and maintenance hemodialysis: effects of specific inhibition of angiotensin II by saralasin acetate].
abstract: The "effective" contribution of angiotensin II in blood pressure regulation was investigated in 6 patients on maintenance hemodialysis who were hypertensive at the time of the study (MAP 133 +/- 5 mmHg). Saralasin, a specific angiotensin II inhibitor, was infused at 0.5 and 2.5 microgram/kg/mn three hours before andone hour after hemodialysis. Before hemodialysis, a mean arterial pressure decrease of 13.2 to 19 p. 100 was obtained in 5 patients, arterial pressure being normalized in three of them. After hemodialysis, saralasin induced a normalization of arterial pressure in these 5 subjects. One patient, who was resistant to the saralasin infusion before and after the hemodialysis procedure, can be considered as purely volume-dependent. The renin-angiotensin system is probably one of the primary determinant of dialysis-resistant hypertension. However, a negative response to saralasin should encourage to control hypertension by more vigorous ultrafiltration during dialysis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012504:Saralasin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000804:Angiotensin II; D012504:Saralasin
vernacular_title: Hypertension artérielle et hémodialyse de suppléance. Effets de l'inhibition spécifique de l'angiotensine II par l'acétate de saralasine.