Angiotensin infusion test in normo-and hypertensive subjects

ABSTRACT

The reactivity of vascular smooth muscles in thirty patients with both fixed essential and border line hypertension was studied and compared with fourteen normotensive control subjects. Angiotensin II infusion was given in a concentration of 1 mcg of 5% glucose at a rate of 0.01, then 0.02 mcg/kg/m with frequent recording of BP and heart rate