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Aldosterone and the Edema of Congestive Heart Failure
LOUIS L. SANDERS, MD;
JAMES C. MELBY, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1964;113(3):331-341.
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The role of the adrenal in the pathogenesis of the edema of congestive heart failure has been debated for many years. Deming and Luetscher 1 in 1950 showed that the urine of patients with congestive failure contained a substance promoting sodium retention. This substance was subsequently identified by Simpson, Tait, Luetscher, and others to be aldosterone, and has been found in elevated amounts in the urine of patients with congestive heart failure by many investigators.2-5 It has been postulated that the reduced renal blood flow secondary to lowered cardiac output in congestive failure leads to release of renin and enzymatic conversion of plasma factors to angiotensin II and stimulation of aldosterone secretion.6 Another possible mechanism of the hyperaldosteronuria begins with elevated venous pressure and transudation of fluid and electrolytes from the vascular system. This is postulated to stimulate the production of aldosterone by way of as yet unelucidated
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Author Affiliations
LITTLE ROCK, ARK
From the Department of Medicine and the Clinical Study Center, University of Arkansas Medical Center.
Footnotes
Received for publication Sept 16, 1963; accepted Oct 24.
Present address (Dr. Melby): Boston University Medical School, Boston.
This investigation was supported in part by Public Health Service grant FR-49 from the Division of Research Facilities and Resources.
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