title: Plasma atrial natriuretic factor in low output heart failure syndromes.
abstract: Plasma atrial natriuretic factor, aldosterone, renin activity, and antidiuretic hormone were studied in low output heart failure syndromes: cardiogenic shock in ten patients with acute myocardial infarction of the anterior wall (first group), hypovolemic shock after melena from peptic ulcer in ten subjects (second group), and hypotension with bradycardia syndrome in ten patients with acute myocardial infarction of the inferior wall (third group). Circulating atrial natriuretic factor in patients with cardiogenic shock (102.4 +/- 7.4 pg/ml) was significantly higher than in healthy volunteers matched for sex and age (8.4 +/- 0.3 pg/ml). In these patients there was a positive correlation between atrial natriuretic factor and central venous pressure values. Atrial natriuretic factor and central venous pressure values in the second and third groups were within normal range. Plasma aldosterone was high in all groups, plasma renin activity was elevated in the first and third groups, and high antidiuretic hormone was observed in the first and second groups. These findings indicate that in low output heart failure syndromes only hemodynamic changes affecting the atria stimulate atrial natriuretic factor release. No correlations were found between plasma atrial natriuretic factor and other hormones. In particular, high atrial natriuretic factor levels in the patients with cardiogenic shock did not inhibit release of aldosterone, renin, or antidiuretic hormone. It may be surmised that in these patients the hemodynamic effects override the inhibitory effects of atrial natriuretic factor.
authors: Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica e Metodologia Clinica Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italia.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Fontana
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Bernardi
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Spagnolo
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Capelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D001810:Blood Volume / Q000502:physiology; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000097:blood; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000097:blood; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000097:blood; D014690:Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins; D000450:Aldosterone; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D012083:Renin