title: [Changes in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in elderly patients with chronic ischemic heart disease. 4. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in elderly patients with ischemic heart disease and cardiovascular insufficiency].
abstract: The elderly chronic ischemic heart disease (IHK) patients with cardiac failure show a higher activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system compared to the younger patients. It was noted functional activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system increases with a progress of the disease (decompensation). Changes occur not only in the basal level of plasma reninactivity and circulating aldosterone concentration, but also the 24 hour rhythm to the side of an increased hormonal level during the evening hours, evidencing thus for disadaption of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and its decreased reliability under conditions of habitual life activity. Administration of the converting enzyme inhibitor, Captopril, has confirmed a pathogenetic role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in the development of cardiac failure syndrome in the chronic IHK patients as well as verified a new approach in the treatment of this pathology.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerontologie, Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften der UdSSR, Kiew.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Korkusko
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Kalinovskaja
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Fedirko
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Gidzinskaja
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002216:Captopril / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002216:Captopril
vernacular_title: Veränderungen des Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosteron-Systems (RAAS) bei älteren Patienten mit chronischer ischämischer Herzkrankheit (IHK). 4. Mitteilung. Das Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosteron-System bei älteren IHK-Kranken mit Herz-Kreislauf-Insuffizienz.