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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 43, 74-77, Copyright © 1987 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The renin-angiotensin system is not responsible for hypertension following coronary artery bypass grafting

GS Weinstein, PM Zabetakis, A Clavel, A Franzone, M Agrawal, G Gleim, MF Michelis and E Wallsh

Systemic hypertension following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures has been reported to occur in 15% to 80% of cases. Previous reports have implicated the renin-angiotensin system as being responsible, at least in part, for this phenomenon. In this prospective study, 18 previously normotensive subjects were studied before, during, and after CABG. In 4 patients (22%), paroxysmal postoperative hypertension developed (systolic blood pressure greater than 150 mm Hg). There were no differences between the normotensive and hypertensive groups in plasma renin activity, angiotensin II level, or aldosterone level. Despite the trend toward elevation of these variables during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), all had returned to control levels within two hours after CPB, whether or not hypertension developed. Serum norepinephrine levels were elevated (.10 greater than p greater than .05) in the hypertensive group at the time hypertension developed. No other relationship or pattern could be defined to distinguish the hypertensive from the normotensive group. The renin- angiotensin system does not appear to be responsible for paroxysmal hypertension following CABG.

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