DETERMINATIONS OF FOUR VASOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS IN DIFFERENT STAGES / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Urinary excretion of prostaglandin E2. (PGE2) and thromboxane B2 (TXB2, a stable metabolite of TXA2), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) in plasma were determined with radioimmunoassay in 30 healthy normal controls (NC) and 53 cirrhotic patients without asoites (n = 18), with ascites (n = 25) and with hepatorenal syndrome (HRS, n=10). All of four vasoactive substances in the group of cirrhotic patients without ascites were significantly higher than that in NG (P