(Hypertension. 1997;30:741.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Plasma Adrenomedullin Concentrations and Cardiac and Arterial Hypertrophy in Hypertension
From the Hypertension Center (T.S., M.M., K.M., E.M.), Kinki Central Hospital, Itami, and the Research Institute (T.N, A.M., H.M., K.K.) and Department of Medicine (S.T.), National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Correspondence to Toshio Nishikimi, MD, Division of Hypertension, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan. E-mail nishikim{at}jsc.ri.ncvc.go.jp
Abstract It has been reported that plasma concentrations of adrenomedullin (AM), a novel vasodilator peptide, are higher in patients with essential hypertension than those in normotensive subjects. To clarify the clinical significance of increased levels of AM in patients with essential hypertension, in this study we examined the relationship between plasma concentrations of AM and the structure of the left ventricle or carotid artery. Plasma AM concentrations; renin activity; and norepinephrine, epinephrine, and creatinine concentrations in 50 patients with untreated essential hypertension without renal dysfunction and heart failure were measured. We also measured the mean wall thickness of the left ventricle and left ventricular mass index by M-mode echocardiography and intimal-medial thickness and arterial distensibility of the carotid artery by ultrasonography. Hypertensive patients were divided into two groups: hypertensives with and those without left ventricular hypertrophy. Plasma AM concentrations in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy were significantly higher than in hypertensive patients without left ventricular hypertrophy (7.87±2.70 vs 5.74±1.65 fmol/mL, P<.01). In all hypertensive patients, plasma AM concentrations were not correlated with blood pressure, plasma renin activity, plasma norepinephrine, plasma epinephrine, or plasma creatinine concentration. Plasma AM concentrations were positively correlated with left ventricular mass index or mean wall thickness (r=.37, P=.009; r=.40, P=.004, respectively) and inversely correlated with carotid artery distensibility (r=-.33, P=.02), whereas plasma AM concentrations were not correlated with intimal-medial thickness. These results suggest that the observed elevation of plasma AM in patients with essential hypertension with normal renal function may be partly related to cardiac hypertrophy and decreased carotid artery distensibility.
Key Words: left ventricular hypertrophy • carotid artery • hypertension • adrenomedullin
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