title: Acute effects of beta-adrenergic stimulation with dobutamine on the plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide and cyclic guanosine monophosphate in patients with chronic heart failure.
abstract: In eight patients (63 +/- 7.9 years) with angiographically documented dilated cardiomyopathy, we studied the acute effects of a beta-adrenergic stimulation with dobutamine on the plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). For this purpose, a four-point dose-response curve was prepared for dobutamine starting with an initial dose of 2.5 micrograms kg-1 min-1, which was increased by 2.5 micrograms kg-1 min-1 at a time up to altogether 10 micrograms kg-1 min-1. Each stage lasted 15 min. ANP and cGMP were determined from the mixed venous blood before the start (t0), at 5 micrograms kg-1 min-1 after 30 min (t1), at 10 micrograms kg-1 min-1 after 60 min (t2) and after subsidence of the drug effect after 90 min (t3). ANP dropped from 380 +/- 151 pg ml-1 (normal range up to 55 pg ml-1) by 38% to 235 +/- 90 pg ml-1 after 30 min and by another 17% to 171 +/- 45 pg ml-1 after 60 min. After the effect of dobutamine had subsided, an increase by 41% to 325 +/- 139 was reached. There was a parallel drop of the mean cGMP level from 5.4 +/- 1.4 pmol.ml-1 by 28% to 3.89 +/- 1.4 pmol.ml-1 (30 min) and by another 14% to 3.2 +/- 0.7 pmol.ml-1 (60 min). After 90 min it was 18% below the initial value, being 4.4 +/- 1.3 pmol.ml-1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: I. Medizinische Klinik, TU Munich, University of Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stangl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gerzer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000097:blood*; D004280:Dobutamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D004280:Dobutamine; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D006152:Cyclic GMP