Angiotensin II and endothelin-1 receptor antagonists have cumulative hypotensive effects in canine Page hypertension

Autor: Julian Donckier, PE Massart, Henri Van Mechelen, Guy R. Heyndrickx, André A. Charlier, Jean-Marie Ketelslegers, Dominique Hodeige
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Journal of Hypertension. 16:835-841
ISSN: 0263-6352
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199816060-00015
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the cumulative hypotensive effect of the endothelin-1 receptor antagonist bosentan, previously demonstrated in the presence of an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, persists under angiotensin II receptor blockade with losartan. DESIGN: The model of hypertension was canine renovascular hypertension (Page hypertension). METHODS: Ten conscious dogs, studied on two occasions, were administered losartan (a 0.1 mg/kg bolus plus 90 min infusion at 0.1 mg/kg per min) and then bosentan vehicle (experiment I) or losartan and then two cumulative doses of bosentan (a 0.3 mg/kg bolus plus 30 min infusion at 0.7 mg/kg per min; and a 3 mg/kg bolus plus 30 min infusion at 7 mg/kg per min; experiment II). RESULTS: At the end of the study, mean aortic pressure in dogs had decreased by 14% in experiment I (from 139 +/- 4.7 to 119 +/- 4.7 mmHg, P
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