title: [Activity of the sympathetic nervous system and of the renin-angiotensin system in the acute stage of myocardial infarction].
abstract: We studied sympathetic and renin-angiotensin systems activity in a series of 175 patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction. These two systems were both overactivated especially in the cases complicated by hemodynamically documented left heart failure. The response of these systems to acute heart failure was in the same range for patients younger or older than 65 years and the witness (norepinephrine and plasma renin levels) of sympathetic and renin-angiotensin activities were good independent prognostic factors of in-hospital mortality.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital universitaire Saint-Pierre et Fondation Boël, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Blankoff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dereppe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chi Hoang
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Giot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dramaix
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000502:physiology*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines
vernacular_title: Etude de l'activité des systèmes sympathique et rénine-angiotensine à la phase aiguë de l'infarctus myocardique.