Digestion
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Impairment of Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis during Tilting: Study on Adrenergic and Renin-Angiotensin SystemsBernardi M.a · Trevisani F.a · Santini C.a · Ligabue A.b · Capelli M.c · Gasbarrini G.aaCattedra di Patologia Speciale Medica III, Università di Bologna; bLaboratorio Analisi, Ospedale M. Malpighi, Bologna, e cLaboratorio Centralizzato, Policlinico S. Orsola, Italia
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Article / Publication Details
Received: February 22, 1982
Published online: January 28, 2009
Issue release date: 1982
Number of Print Pages: 7
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 0012-2823 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9867 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/DIG
Abstract
Mean arterial pressure, phenylalanine, tyrosine, norepinephrine and plasma renin activity (PRA) were determined in the plasma of 6 healthy controls and 8 patients with liver cirrhosis receiving a controlled sodium intake (40 mEq/day), after 1 h of bed rest and 10 min after being tilted up at 90 °. After resting, patients showed lower arterial pressure (p < 0.025) and higher plasma levels of phenylalanine (p < 0.005), tyrosine (p < 0.05), norepinephrine (n.s.) and PRA (n.s.) than controls. In spite of a prolonged and marked stimulation of the adrenergic system induced by tilting, arterial pressure of cirrhotics, after an initial increase, decreased significantly. A significant PRA increase was observed in both groups but in patients it was greater and lasted longer, up to 30 min, when PRA and arterial pressure were inversely and significantly correlated. The adrenergic system of cirrhosis then appeared unable to maintain adequate levels of arterial pressure, even though hyperstimulated. The renin-angiotensin system played an important compensatory role in this contest.
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Article / Publication Details
Received: February 22, 1982
Published online: January 28, 2009
Issue release date: 1982
Number of Print Pages: 7
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 0012-2823 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9867 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/DIG
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