title: [Renal effects of intravenous tertatolol in essential arterial hypertension].
abstract: The acute renal effects of intravenous tertatolol were studied in eight patients with moderate essential hypertension: the study included a 100 mmol/day sodium intake during 3 days. Then, tertatolol was infused after a water load during 2 consecutive periods of 30 min (priming dose followed by constant infusion) in order to obtain plasma concentrations of tertatolol at 2 different levels: 10 ng/ml, then 40 ng/ml successively; the measurements were obtained at 15, 30, 45 and 60 min. The renal plasma flow (RPF) and the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were calculated from the 131I-Hippuran clearance and the 125I-Iothalamate clearance respectively; a bladder catheter allowed a precise urine collection. The results indicate that intravenous tertatolol, at low dose, induced a marked and early renal vasodilatation; higher dose of tertatolol attenuated the vasodilator response, probably because of a decrease in cardiac output (suggested by the decrease in heart rate); thus, the systemic effects would hide the direct renal hemodynamic effects of tertatolol. Natriuresis and kaliuresis were unchanged by intravenous tertatolol.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie et hypertension artérielle, CMC Foch, Suresnes, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaignon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brouard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lucsko
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guédon
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D013876:Thiophenes; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011412:Propanolamines; D013876:Thiophenes; C005632:tertatolol