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      Abnormal renal vascular responses to dipyridamole-induced vasodilation in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

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          The objective of this study was to determine whether there were differences in hemodynamic responses of different vascular beds to systemic administration of dipyridamole between spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. To this end, systemic hemodynamics and organ blood flows (using labeled microspheres) were determined in conscious rats before and 10 minutes after dipyridamole (4 mg. kg(-1). min(-1)) infusion. In both the normotensive and hypertensive rats, the dipyridamole infusion reduced arterial pressure by approximately 20 mm Hg, associated with a decreased total peripheral resistance and an increased cardiac output. Renal blood flow decreased significantly in SHR after dipyridamole but remained unchanged or increased slightly in the WKY rats. There were no other differences in regional hemodynamics, including those of brain, liver, skin, and muscle, between the WKY and SHR. Antihypertensive treatment completely restored normal renal vascular response to dipyridamole. Previous reports had demonstrated an abnormal coronary hemodynamic response of the SHR. Our data demonstrate that, as with coronary hemodynamics, hypertension selectively induced alterations in renal vasculature. These findings may be of importance in identifying the earliest hemodynamic evidence of developing hypertensive nephrosclerosis.

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          Journal
          Hypertension
          Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979)
          Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
          1524-4563
          0194-911X
          Mar 2001
          : 37
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Hypertension Research Laboratory, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
          Article
          10.1161/01.hyp.37.3.894
          11244014
          84a14ad2-7ea7-4060-b718-c66947abfece
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