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Long-Term Effects of Dietary Sodium Intake on Cytokines and Neurohormonal Activation in Patients With Recently Compensated Congestive Heart Failure

2009

Abstract Background A growing body of evidence suggests that the fluid accumulation plays a key role in the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF) and that the inflammatory and neurohormonal activation contribute strongly to the progression of this disorder. Methods and Results The study evaluated the long-term effects of 2 different sodium diets on cytokines neurohormones, body hydration and clinical outcome in compensated HF outpatients (New York Heart Association Class II). A total of 173 patients (105 males, mean age 72.5±7) recently hospitalized for worsening advanced HF and discharged in normal hydration and in clinical compensation were randomized in 2 groups (double blind). In Group …

Medium term effects of different dosage of diuretic, sodium, and fluid administration on neurohormonal and clinical outcome in patients with recently…

2008

Studies have shown that patients with compensated heart failure (HF) receiving high diuretic doses associated with normal sodium diet and fluid intake restrictions demonstrated significant reductions in readmissions and mortality compared with those who received low-sodium diets, and over a 6-month observation period, a reduction in neurohormonal activation was also observed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different sodium diets associated with different diuretic doses and different levels of fluid intake on hospital readmissions and neurohormonal changes after 6-month follow-up in patients with compensated HF. Four hundred ten consecutive patients with compensated HF …

Normal-sodium diet compared with low-sodium diet in compensated congestive heart failure: is sodium an old enemy or a new friend?

2007

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a normal-sodium (120 mmol sodium) diet compared with a low-sodium diet (80 mmol sodium) on readmissions for CHF (congestive heart failure) during 180 days of follow-up in compensated patients with CHF. A total of 232 compensated CHF patients (88 female and 144 male; New York Heart Association class II–IV; 55–83 years of age, ejection fraction <35% and serum creatinine <2 mg/dl) were randomized into two groups: group 1 contained 118 patients (45 females and 73 males) receiving a normal-sodium diet plus oral furosemide [250–500 mg, b.i.d. (twice a day)]; and group 2 contained 114 patients (43 females and 71 males) recei…

Long-Term Structural and Functional Myocardial Adaptations in Healthy Living Kidney Donors: A Pilot Study

2015

Background and Aims Compensatory renal hypertrophy following unilateral nephrectomy (UNX) occurs in the remaining kidney. However, the long-Term cardiac adaptive process to UNX remains poorly defined in humans. Our goal was to characterize myocardial structure and function in living kidney donors (LKDs), approximately 12 years after UNX. Methods and Results Cardiac function and structure in 15 Italian LKDs, at least 5 years after UNX (median time from donation = 8.4 years) was investigated and compared to those of age and sex matched U.S. citizens healthy controls (n = 15). Standard and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) was performed in both LKDs and controls. Plasma angiotensin II, a…

Relationships of Plasma Aldosterone with Metabolic Syndrome and Left Ventricular Mass in Essential Hypertensive Patients

2008

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Relationship between obesity and plasma aldosterone in essential hypertension: influence of gender

2010

Relazione tra obesità ed aldosteronemia nell'ipertensione essenziale: influenza del sesso.

2009

Una relazione tra obesità e aldosteronemia (ALD), indipendente dall’attività reninica plasmatica (PRA), è stata ipotizzata sulla base di diverse evidenze sperimentali, ma non è stata confermata in tutti gli studi clinici effettuati sull’argomento. Inoltre, pochi dati esistono in letteratura sull’eventuale influenza del sesso su tale relazione. Scopo del nostro studio è stato quello di esaminare, prima globalmente e poi separatamente nei due sessi, l’eventuale associazione tra indice di massa corporea (BMI), circonferenza addominale (W) e ALD in un ampio gruppo di ipertesi essenziali non diabetici, afferenti al nostro Centro di Riferimento per lo studio dell’Ipertensione Arteriosa. Sono stat…

The intermediate role of 18-hydroxycorticosteroids in aldosterone biosynthesis.

1968

Durch ihre Eigenschaft, bestimmte Stufen bei der Bildung radioaktiv markierten Aldosterons aus14C-Progesteron bzw.3H-11-Desoxycorticosteron zu hemmen, erwiesen sich 11-Desoxycorticosteron, Corticosteron und 18-Hydroxycorticosteron als wesentliche Zwischenstufen der Aldosteronbiosynthese. 18-Hydroxy-11-desoxycorticosteron hingegen scheint an der Bildung von Aldosteron nicht beteiligt zu sein.

Die renale Elektrolytausscheidung normaler und adrenalektomierter Ratten nach intraven�sen Salzinjektionen und ihre Beeinflussung durch Corticosteroi…

1959

Groups of normal rats of both sexes in moderate water diuresis received i.v. injections of 5 ml./kg, of hypertonic (5 times isoosmotic) solutions of sodium chloride, mannitol er sodium sulfate. The renal excretion of water, sodium, chloride and potassium in a 30 minute-period following this injection was measured. It was compared to control values obtained 40 minutes earlier in the same animals after an i.v. injection of isotonic glucose solution. All hypertonic solutions increased diuresis, natriuresis, chloruresis and kaliuresis. While the effects of mannitol and sodium chloride were comparable, sodium sulfate was more natriuretic and less chloruretic. The excretion of potassium after inj…

Die renale S�ure- und Ammonium-Ionen-Ausscheidung normaler und adrenalektomierter Ratten und ihre Beeinflussung durch Nebennierenrindenhormone

1959

The renal excretion of acid and ammonium ions after an oral load of monosodium-phosphate (1.2 mEq. per rat) was studied in groups of adrenalectomized er sham-operated rats, maintained on 0.9 per cent NaCI solution and water, on the 6th or 12th day after operation. Untreated groups were compared to groups receiving either Corticotropin (25 U./kg./day s.c.) or Cortisone acetate (12.5 mg./kg./day s.c.) er (7.5 mg./kg./day s.c.) or D,L-Aldosterone acetate Cortexone acetate (0.15 mg./kg./day s.c.) from the 3rd to the 12th day after opetarion. In sham-operated rats Cortisone increased H+ excretion and diuresis on the 6th day after operation (3rd day of treatment). This influence did not persist o…