Review Article
Cardiac Autonomic Control Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Chagas' Heart Disease
Table 2
Baseline serum levels of norepinephrine, plasma renin activity, and aldosterone in chagasic and non-chagasic patients with advanced congestive heart failure. The baseline serum levels of norepinephrine (NE), plasma renin activity (PRA), and aldosterone (ALDOST) of the chagasic patients were not different from those of the non-chagasic patients (see [36], with permission from Elsevier).
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NE: plasma norepinephrine (pg/mL); PRA: plasma renin activity (ng/mL per h); ALDOST: plasma aldosterone (pg/mL). *P < 0.001 as compared to normal controls. **P < 0.05 as compared to normal controls. |