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PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY IN PERIPHERAL AND UTERINE VEIN BLOOD IN PREGNANT AND NON‐PREGNANT WOMEN
Author(s) -
Kokot Franciszek,
Cekánski Adam
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb15753.x
Subject(s) - medicine , plasma renin activity , venous blood , uterus , vein , peripheral blood , pregnancy , peripheral , obstetrics , renin–angiotensin system , endocrinology , blood pressure , biology , genetics
Summary Plasma renin activity (PRA) was estimated in cubital and uterine venous blood of 29 non‐pregnant, 15 healthy, and 18 moderately or severely pre‐eclamptic women. In some of the pregnant and non‐pregnant patients, significantly higher or lower values of uterine PRA were obtained compared to those in peripheral blood. The most consistent results were found in pre‐eclamptic patients, in whom significantly higher mean PRA in uterine venous blood was found. It was concluded that the uterus influences peripheral PRA in some non‐pregnant as well as in healthy and pre‐eclamptic women, causing higher or lower PRA in uterine venous blood than in cubital blood.