True drug-resistant hypertension (RHT) is characterized by a marked neuroadrenergic activation and reflex alterations compared with the nonresistant hypertensive state. It is unknown however, whether this behavior is specific for the RHT state or is also shared by apparent RHT (ARHT). In 38 middle-age patients with RHT, 44 treated essential controlled hypertensives (HT) and 32 ARHT; we evaluated sphygmomanometric, beat-to-beat (Finapres) and 24-hour (Spacelabs) blood pressure, heart rate and muscle sympathetic nerve traffic (microneurography). Measurements included plasma aldosterone, plasma norepinephrine, homeostasis model assessment index, and spontaneous baroreflex-muscle sympathetic nerve traffic sensitivity. All the various above-mentioned blood pressure values were significantly greater in both RHT and ARHT as compared with HT, while 24-hour blood pressure was significantly lower in ARHT as compared with RHT. In ARHT, muscle sympathetic nerve traffic was significantly lower than RHT (74.8±5.2 versus 89.2±4.8 bursts/100 hb, P<0.01) and similar to HT (69.7±4.8 bursts/100 hb, P=NS). RHT showed, at variance from the other 2 groups, greater plasma aldosterone and homeostasis model assessment index values and an impaired baroreflex function. In RHT, but not in ARHT and HT, muscle sympathetic nerve traffic was significantly and inversely related to baroreflex function (r=-0.40, P<0.02) and directly to plasma aldosterone and homeostasis model assessment index values (r=0.34-0.36, P<0.05). Plasma norepinephrine and heart rate values were not significantly different in the 3 groups. These data provide evidence that the marked sympathetic activation and baroreflex dysfunction detected in RHT is not present in ARHT, which displays a sympathetic and baroreflex profile superimposable to that seen in HT. These differences in the neurogenic function may have important clinical and therapeutic implications

Dell'Oro, R., Quarti-Trevano, F., Seravalle, G., Zanchettin, F., Bertoli, S., Airoldi, F., et al. (2019). Sympathetic Nerve Traffic and Arterial Baroreflex Function in Apparent Drug-Resistant Hypertension. HYPERTENSION, 74(4), 903-909 [10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13009].

Sympathetic Nerve Traffic and Arterial Baroreflex Function in Apparent Drug-Resistant Hypertension

Dell'Oro, Raffaella
Primo
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Quarti-Trevano, Fosca
Secondo
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Zanchettin, Francesca;Mancia, Giuseppe
Penultimo
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Grassi, Guido
Ultimo
2019

Abstract

True drug-resistant hypertension (RHT) is characterized by a marked neuroadrenergic activation and reflex alterations compared with the nonresistant hypertensive state. It is unknown however, whether this behavior is specific for the RHT state or is also shared by apparent RHT (ARHT). In 38 middle-age patients with RHT, 44 treated essential controlled hypertensives (HT) and 32 ARHT; we evaluated sphygmomanometric, beat-to-beat (Finapres) and 24-hour (Spacelabs) blood pressure, heart rate and muscle sympathetic nerve traffic (microneurography). Measurements included plasma aldosterone, plasma norepinephrine, homeostasis model assessment index, and spontaneous baroreflex-muscle sympathetic nerve traffic sensitivity. All the various above-mentioned blood pressure values were significantly greater in both RHT and ARHT as compared with HT, while 24-hour blood pressure was significantly lower in ARHT as compared with RHT. In ARHT, muscle sympathetic nerve traffic was significantly lower than RHT (74.8±5.2 versus 89.2±4.8 bursts/100 hb, P<0.01) and similar to HT (69.7±4.8 bursts/100 hb, P=NS). RHT showed, at variance from the other 2 groups, greater plasma aldosterone and homeostasis model assessment index values and an impaired baroreflex function. In RHT, but not in ARHT and HT, muscle sympathetic nerve traffic was significantly and inversely related to baroreflex function (r=-0.40, P<0.02) and directly to plasma aldosterone and homeostasis model assessment index values (r=0.34-0.36, P<0.05). Plasma norepinephrine and heart rate values were not significantly different in the 3 groups. These data provide evidence that the marked sympathetic activation and baroreflex dysfunction detected in RHT is not present in ARHT, which displays a sympathetic and baroreflex profile superimposable to that seen in HT. These differences in the neurogenic function may have important clinical and therapeutic implications
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
aldosterone; baroreflex; blood pressure; hypertension; norepinephrine
English
2019
74
4
903
909
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Dell'Oro, R., Quarti-Trevano, F., Seravalle, G., Zanchettin, F., Bertoli, S., Airoldi, F., et al. (2019). Sympathetic Nerve Traffic and Arterial Baroreflex Function in Apparent Drug-Resistant Hypertension. HYPERTENSION, 74(4), 903-909 [10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13009].
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