Korean Red Ginseng Improves Blood Pressure Stability in Patients with Intradialytic Hypotension
Figure 3
Changes of endotheline-1 (ET-1), plasma renin activity (PRA), angiotensin II (AngII), and NT (Nitrate+nitrite) plasma levels after KRG treatment in patients with intradialytic hypotension. Phase I is the control phase, and phase II is the KRG treatment phase. The ET-1 levels increased significantly after hemodialysis in phase II in both group A (hypertensive at baseline, , ) and group B (normotensive or hypotensive at baseline, , ). The posthemodialysis PRA levels increased significantly in phase II in both group A () and group B (). In group A, the AngII levels significantly elevated after KRG treatment (). The levels of NT decreased significantly after dialysis in all groups in both phases (). In group A, the posthemodialysis NT level was significantly lower in phase II than those in phase I (). ; ; a; aa.
