title: Altered renin and aldosterone excretion in patients treated for metastatic germ cell tumours.
abstract: Twenty-four patients with metastatic germ cell tumours were studied for abnormalities in the renin-aldosterone axis and for persistent abnormalities of renal function 9+ to 54+ months following completion of cisplatin based chemotherapy. Increased plasma renin activity and aldosterone were identified in fourteen of nineteen (79%) patients. The mean serum magnesium was subnormal. Statistically lower serum phosphorus levels, and higher urea and creatinine levels were also observed. No patients was hypertensive or on diuretics at the time of study. Since vascular toxicity has been reported after cisplatin based chemotherapy and hypomagnesaemia and increased plasma renin activity have been linked to cardiovascular events, these data imply that germ cell tumour patients treated with cisplatin based chemotherapy should be carefully observed for delayed cardiovascular toxicity.
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000652:urine*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002699:Chlorambucil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012083:Renin / Q000652:urine*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D002699:Chlorambucil; D003609:Dactinomycin; D000450:Aldosterone; D014747:Vinblastine; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D012083:Renin; D002945:Cisplatin