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Effects of nitrendipine on blood pressure, renin-angiotensin-system and atrial natriuretic peptide in hypertensive type I diabetic patients.
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Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme [Horm Metab Res] 1993 Jan; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 24-8. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- In this study, the effects of a six week treatment with the calcium channel blocking agent nitrendipine were assessed in 20 hypertensive type I diabetic patients who received a single oral dose of 20 mg daily. Plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), plasma renin activity (PRA) and active renin, aldosterone, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) and fructosamines were determined at the beginning and the end of the study. Interactions of these endocrine parameters with blood pressure behaviour were analyzed by a correlation matrix. In response to the drug treatment, the blood pressure was significantly lowered from 158.0/97.2 to 145.7/88.2 mmHg. The plasma concentrations of ANP were also significantly reduced from 106.8 to 89.7 pg/ml. There were no changes in serum aldosterone, while PRA and active renin exhibited a significant increase following the six week treatment. HbA1 and fructosamines remained unaltered. There were no significant correlations for ANP and blood pressure values, as well as for ANP and PRA or aldosterone. We did find, however, a significant correlation of the ANP values with the difference of the systolic blood pressure levels pre- and post-treatment. These data fully confirm the blood pressure lowering properties of this calcium channel blocker and its possible interference with steroidogenesis, since the effects of increased PRA on aldosterone secretion were clearly blunted. The lowering of plasma ANP levels may represent a decreased ANP secretion due to calcium channel blockade or might also be due to the natriuretic effects of nitrendipine, thus allowing ANP levels to decline as a function of lessened sodium retention.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Adult
Aged
Aldosterone blood
Fructosamine
Glycated Hemoglobin metabolism
Hexosamines blood
Humans
Middle Aged
Renin blood
Atrial Natriuretic Factor blood
Blood Pressure drug effects
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 physiopathology
Diabetic Angiopathies physiopathology
Hypertension physiopathology
Nitrendipine pharmacology
Renin-Angiotensin System drug effects
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0018-5043
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8428706
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1002039