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  • Title: Effect of plasma volume expansion on hemodynamics and atrial natriuretic factor release in heart-transplant recipients.
    Author: Dussaule JC, Nitenberg A, Tavolaro O, Benvenuti C, Loisance D, Castaigne A, Cachera JP, Ardaillou R.
    Journal: Am J Cardiol; 1990 Aug 15; 66(4):477-83. PubMed ID: 2167005.
    Abstract:
    Plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), plasma cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), plasma aldosterone, plasma-renin activity (PRA) and hemodynamic parameters were measured in heart-transplant recipients and control patients (chest pain syndrome) during right-sided heart catheterization under basal conditions and in response to an intravenous saline load. Basal plasma ANF and cGMP were higher in heart-transplant recipients than in control patients, whereas PRA and plasma aldosterone did not differ. The high plasma ANF levels in heart-transplant recipients did not result from high atrial pressures but appeared to be related with elevated atrial dimensions and cyclosporine-induced renal failure. During volume expansion, plasma ANF increased in control patients and remained elevated during the postinfusion period. In heart-transplant recipients, the changes in plasma ANF were less marked despite identical increases of atrial pressures. The sluggish response of plasma ANF in this group was associated in the postinfusion period with a nonreturn of the hemodynamic parameters to their basal values in contrast with what was observed in control patients.
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