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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
Intracellular free calcium is considered to play a key role in vascular smooth muscle contraction. Platelet-free intracellular and plasma total and ionized calcium were assessed during mineralocorticoid-induced blood pressure increase in eight normotensive subjects receiving 0.8 mg fludrocortisone per day for 6 weeks. Blood pressure rose within 1 week and showed a further increase up to the 6th week. Plasma noradrenaline and renin activity (PRA) showed a decrease after 1 week and remained suppressed throughout the study. Ionized plasma calcium fell during mineralocorticoid treatment without any significant changes in total plasma calcium. Intracellular free calcium markedly increased after 1 week and decreased towards control levels thereafter. Previous studies have shown that after 1 week of fludrocortisone administration total peripheral resistance is still normal or even subnormal, whereas it is increased after 6 weeks. Therefore, the initial increase in intracellular free calcium, if also present in arteriolar smooth muscle cells, does not appear to be directly related to the final elevation of total peripheral resistance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0952-1178
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S41-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-6-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Intracellular free calcium and ionized plasma calcium during mineralocorticoid-induced blood pressure increase in man.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article