HAEMODYNAMIC CHANGES IN ACTH-INDUCED HYPERTENSION IN SHEEP |
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| Authors: | W F Graham K J F Allen J P Coghlan D A Denton T J Humphery B A Scoggins J A Whitworth |
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| Institution: | Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Abstract: | 1. ACTH (20 μg/kg per day) produced an elevation in blood pressure associated with an increase in cardiac output in conscious sheep, due in the first 72 h to a rise in heart rate. Stroke volume did not rise until the fourth day of ACTH treatment. 2. Calculated total peripheral resistance did not change. 3. Intravenous administration of acebutolol prior to and during ACTH administration did not modify the rise in blood pressure, but this was associated with a rise in total peripheral resistance. 4. These studies show that while ACTH-induced hypertension is usually associated with increased cardiac output, rather than total peripheral resistance it still occurs, but is associated with a rise in total peripheral resistance if the rise in cardiac output is prevented by /J-adrenoreceptor blockade. |
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| Keywords: | ACTH β-adrenoreceptor blockade blood pressure cardiac output hypertension sheep |
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