Abstract
Natriuretic peptides (NPs) reduce central venous pressure in patients with chronic heart failure (cHF) despite attenuation of arterial, renal, and humoral effects. This suggests a preserved venodilator response. This study had 4 aims: to compare the venodilator effects of human NPs in patients with cHF; to assess the contribution of basal ANP and BNP levels to regulation of forearm vascular volume (FVV); to test the hypothesis that venous ANP responsiveness is preserved in cHF; and to assess the involvement of endothelial nitric oxide-synthase (eNOS) in NP-induced vascular effects.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 911-7 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2004 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Arteries
- Atrial Natriuretic Factor
- Cardiovascular Agents
- Cyclic GMP
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Female
- Forearm
- Heart Failure
- Humans
- Injections, Intra-Arterial
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
- Natriuretic Peptide, C-Type
- Natriuretic Peptides
- Nitric Oxide
- Nitric Oxide Synthase
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
- Peptide Fragments
- Tetrahydroisoquinolines
- Vascular Resistance
- Vasodilation
- Veins
- omega-N-Methylarginine