title: Atrial natriuretic factor in liver cirrhosis--the influence of volume expansion.
abstract: Plasma levels of atrial natriuretic factor (ANP) were examined in 12 patients with liver cirrhosis (6 with ascites) and 6 controls before and after the administration of the infusion of 2000 ml of saline solution per 70 kg of body weight during 2 hours. Basal concentration of ANF tended to be slightly, but nonsignificantly higher in patients with ascitic liver cirrhosis (5.5 +/- 1.3 fmol/ml) than in controls (3.0 +/- 1.0 fmol/ml) and in patients with non-ascitic liver cirrhosis (4.6 +/- 1.3 fmol/ml). Saline administration led to the comparable increase of plasma ANF in ascitic (14.2 +/- 4.0 fmol/ml) and non-ascitic cirrhotics (15.7 +/- 3.7 fmol/ml) and in controls (12.4 +/- 4.3 fmol/ml). The increase of plasma ANF was accompanied by the suppression of plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma aldosterone (PA) in all groups; in ascitic patients, however, PRA and PA remained above the normal range. While in controls and non-ascitic cirrhotics saline administration led to the increase of urine flow rate /from 0.74 +/- 0.13 to 2.04 +/- 0.44 ml/min, P less than 0.01, in controls; from 0.83 +/- 0.05 to 1.28 +/- 0.07 ml/min, P less than 0.01, in non-ascitic cirrhotics) and urinary sodium excretion (from 110.7 +/- 21.3 to 364.8 +/- 74.4 umol/min, P less than 0.01, in controls; from 125.0 +/- 16.7 to 218.7 +/- 24.3 umol/min, P less than 0.01 in non-ascitic cirrhotics), in patients with ascitic liver cirrhosis neither urine flow rate (from 0.66 +/- 0.1 to 0.72 +/- 0.15 ml/min, n.s.), nor urinary sodium excretion (from 16.7 +/- 9.9 to 54.2 +/- 40.3 umol/min, n.s.) changed significantly.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tesar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horký
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petrýl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kozáková
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gregorová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brodanová
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kordac
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirsa
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D001810:Blood Volume; D001835:Body Weight; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000450:Aldosterone; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D012083:Renin