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Atrial natriuretic factor and catecholamine levels during exercise in patients with and without coronary artery
B D Robalino1, R W Petrella, E E Salcedo
1Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195.
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Exercise increases atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in patients with coronary artery disease, but not due to ischemia. Other factors related to coronary disease appear to influence ANF release during exercise.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Exercise Physiology
- Endocrinology
Background:
- Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) plays a role in cardiovascular regulation.
- The impact of exercise-induced ischemia on ANF release is not fully understood.
- Coronary artery disease (CAD) may influence ANF release mechanisms.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between exercise-induced ischemia and atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) release.
- To compare ANF release in patients with and without coronary artery disease during exercise.
- To explore potential correlations between ANF, catecholamines, and hemodynamic changes.
Main Methods:
- 18 male patients (with and without coronary artery disease) underwent tomographic thallium treadmill stress tests.
- Peripheral plasma levels of ANF, epinephrine, and norepinephrine were measured.
- Hemodynamic parameters including heart rate and blood pressure were monitored.
Main Results:
- Patients with coronary artery disease exhibited greater increments in plasma ANF post-exercise compared to controls.
- The increase in ANF was not directly correlated with exercise-induced ischemia.
- ANF levels did not show a significant relationship with changes in catecholamines, heart rate, or blood pressure.
Conclusions:
- Atrial natriuretic factor release during exercise appears independent of myocardial ischemia itself.
- Factors associated with coronary artery disease, potentially intracardiac pressures, may drive ANF release.
- Further research is necessary to elucidate the precise role of ischemia and other mechanisms in ANF regulation during exercise.
Abstract:
To investigate the effects of exercise-induced ischemia on the release of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), we measured peripheral plasma ANF, epinephrine and norepinephrine in 18 male patients with and without coronary artery disease. The patients underwent tomographic thallium treadmill stress tests. After exercise, patients with coronary artery disease showed higher increments of plasma ANF than patients without coronary disease, but the increase of ANF was not related to exercise-induced ischemia, nor to changes in catecholamines, heart rate, or blood pressure. This suggests that ANF release is not associated with myocardial ischemia per se, but to other factors which are more pronounced in the presence of coronary disease, such as changes in intracardiac pressures associated with exercise. Further studies are needed to clarify the role of myocardial ischemia on ANF release.