title: [The effects of atrial natriuretic peptide on left ventricular function in subjects with heart failure].
abstract: The effects of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) infusion was evaluated in 11 patients with congestive heart failure undergoing cardiac catheterization. Data were obtained at rest and during steady-state phase of alpha-human (1-28) ANP infusion (1 microgram/kg bolus dose, 0.1 microgram/kg/min iv for 30 min). Mean blood pressure decreased from 104 +/- 20 to 89 +/- 21 mmHg (p less than 0.05) 15 min after ANP infusion, as well as left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (from 27 +/- 6 to 14 +/- 11 mmHg, p less than 0.05) and wedge pressure (from 22 +/- 5 to 13 +/- 7 mmHg, p less than 0.05). Left ventricular ejection fraction increased significantly after ANP infusion from 39 +/- 7 to 47 +/- 2%, p less than 0.01. The ANP infusion significantly increased cardiac output from 4.9 +/- 0.8 to 5.8 +/- 1.41/min, p less than 0.05, and decreased the relaxation constant from 69 +/- 17 to 48 +/- 18, p less than 0.05. These results demonstrate that in patients with congestive heart failure ANP infusion decreased wedge pulmonary pressure, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and increased cardiac output and left ventricular ejection fraction.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Interna, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirugia, Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Indolfi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piscione
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volpe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lembo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Campora
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Russolillo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ambrosini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Condorelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiariello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor
vernacular_title: Effetti del peptide natriuretico atriale sulla funzione ventricolare sinistra in soggetti con scompenso cardiaco.