Plasma Renin Activity in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease
N.N. · Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine · 1977 · Heft 02 · S. 68-70
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Summary Plasma renin activity (PRA) stimulated by upright posture was measured in 300 men aged 45 - 64 years using a radioimmunoassay of angiotensin-I. The examined subjects were normotensive or patients with benign essential hypertension and were divided into 6 groups according to the absence of manifest atherosclerosis, the presence of definite angina pectoris or a history of myocardial infarction. Each group contained 50 unselected subjects, with a comparable mean age. Significant differences in mean PRA were found between corresponding groups of hypertensives and normotensives, the values in hypertensives be…