Why the study?
Does the disappearance rate of norepinephrine differ between arterial and venous plasma following isometric exercise and norepinephrine infusion in patients with mild essential hypertension?
Population
5 patients with mild essential hypertension
Design
Other
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Arterial norepinephrine sampling may better reflect systemic activity than venous; leaves open optimal site selection for sympathetic assessment in hypertension.
Does the disappearance rate of norepinephrine differ between arterial and venous plasma following isometric exercise and norepinephrine infusion in patients with mild essential hypertension?
Arterial and venous plasma levels of norepinephrine exhibit different disappearance rates, indicating that arterial levels better reflect total body contribution while venous levels are influenced by local tissue kinetics.
Saar et al. (1983) studied this question.
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