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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
5 Pt 1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-5-19
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Plasma and platelet levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5 HT) may be altered in essential hypertension. To establish the determinants and correlates of 5 HT in plasma and platelets, we studied 53 untreated subjects with essential hypertension (26 men; 30 whites; mean supine blood pressure 172/101 mm Hg; mean age 49.3 +/- 1.5 years) and 61 normotensive subjects (37 men; 47 whites; mean supine blood pressure 128/78 mm Hg; mean age 42.8 +/- 1.6 years). Plasma and platelet 5 HT were assayed by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. No significant difference was found in platelet-poor plasma or platelet 5 HT levels in hypertensive or normotensive subjects (plasma: 43.0 +/- 4.2 and 39.6 +/- 4.4 nmol/L; platelet: 1.65 +/- 1.22 and 1.70 +/- 1.39 nmol/10(9) cells in hypertensive and normotensive subjects, respectively). No significant correlation was found between plasma or platelet 5 HT and systolic or diastolic blood pressure (plasma: r = 0.01 and 0.01 in normotensive subjects and r = 0.01 and -0.14 in hypertensive subjects; platelet: r = 0.12 and 0.13 in normotensive subjects and r = 0.02 and -0.09 in hypertensive subjects). However, plasma 5 HT was associated with supine and standing pulse rates (supine: r = 0.27, p = 0.05 in normotensive subjects and r = 0.54, p < 0.001 in hypertensive subjects; standing: r = 0.19 and r = 0.46, p < 0.001, respectively). Significant relations were also found between platelet 5 HT levels and supine and standing heart rate in the subjects mentioned above (supine: r = 0.28, p = 0.05 in normotensive subjects and r = 0.64, p < 0.001 in hypertensive subjects; standing: r = 0.24 and r = 0.51, p < 0.001, respectively). These associations were stronger in the hypertensive group as a whole, and they held when adjustment was made for differences in age and total blood cholesterol. The present study showed that plasma and platelet 5 HT are not significantly altered in hypertensive subjects. However, plasma and platelet 5 HT levels showed a significant association with supine and standing pulse rate predominantly in hypertensive subjects. This is consistent with experimental evidence of a positive chronotropic effect of 5 HT on perfused hearts and it suggests a possible role of plasma serotonin in the regulation of heart rate.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
May
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| pubmed:issn |
0002-8703
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
135
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
838-43
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-2-27
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Blood Platelets,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Blood Pressure,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Cholesterol,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Heart Rate,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Hypertension,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Reference Values,
pubmed-meshheading:9588414-Serotonin
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| pubmed:year |
1998
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Serotonin and heart rate in hypertensive and normotensive subjects.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Medicine, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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