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Fetal atrial natriuretic peptide concentrations are elevated at delivery, particularly in the umbilical artery following vaginal delivery, independent of aldosterone or standard hemodynamic parameters.
Matched maternal venous (MV), umbilical artery (UA) and umbilical vein (UV) concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptide [ANP] were measured in 36 normotensive women at term delivery (23 vaginal, 13 caesarean) and 17 non-pregnant women in the first half of the menstrual cycle. MV [ANP] at caesarean section was similar to that in non-pregnant women, but UA and UV [ANP] were higher (P less than 0.01 for both). UA, but not UV, [ANP] was markedly raised after vaginal delivery. Plasma concentrations of aldosterone [ALD] were measured in 16 of the matched sets of samples. No statistically significant association was found between [ANP] and [ALD] in either maternal or fetal samples. Neither maternal nor fetal [ANP] correlated with serum Na+ or osmolality, haematocrit, blood pressure or heart rate.
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