[Role of somatotropic hormone in the dystrophic syndrome of patients with chronic circulatory failure].
Concentrations of somatotropic hormone (STH) in the blood were determined in 71 patients with varying degrees of chronic circulatory insufficiency and the dystrophic syndrome and in 12 healthy individuals. The degree of dystrophic changes in the body was evaluated by figures of the dry body weight. In 36 patients with severe circulatory insufficiency albumin metabolism was also studied. The results showed that the basal level of STH of the blood rises when chronic circulatory insufficiency supervenes and develops. No relationship between the degree of STH rise in the blood and dystrophic changes in body was found. A reverse correlation between the STH content in the blood and the size of the dry body weight in patients with enhanced breakdown of albumen suggests that in cardiac insufficiency STH plays a role in the adaptation of metabolism to the dystrophic process in the body, perhaps by stimulating the metabolism of fats.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D002100:Cachexia / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000378:metabolism; D013577:Syndrome
D012709:Serum Albumin; D013002:Somatomedins; D013006:Growth Hormone
Znachenie somatotropnogo gormona pri distroficheskom sindrome u bol'nykh s khronicheskoĭ nedostatochnost'iu krovoobrashcheniia.