Effect of upright posture and physical exercise on endogenous neurohormonal systems in cirrhotic patients with sodium retention and normal supine plasma renin, aldosterone, and norepinephrine levels*1

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Effect of upright posture and physical exercise on endogenous neurohormonal systems in cirrhotic patients with sodium retention and normal supine plasma renin, aldosterone, and norepinephrine levels

✍ Joan Saló; Angels Ginès; Luis Anibarro; Wladimiro Jiménez; Ramón Bataller; Joan 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 972 KB

It is well known that sodium retention occurs in a significant proportion of patients with cirrhosis despite normal supine plasma levels of renin, aldosterone (ALDO), and norepinephrine (NE). The current study was performed to assess whether this subset of patients also present normal activity of th