A possible role of atrial natriuretic peptide in ethanol-induced acute diuresis

Alcohol consumption and prognosis in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction after a myocardial infarction

“…In fact, lightto-moderate alcohol consumption lowered the HR for the development of HF in both studies (25,26). In these studies, the effect of alcohol consumption on the development of HF was independent of the development of recurrent MI, suggesting that, in addition to its effects on CAD, alcohol consumption was reducing the development of HF through additional pathways such as a reduction in hypertension (27,28) or beneficial neurohormonal modification (29,30). Importantly, these studies have been limited to those who were free of HF at baseline.…”

Water Metabolism in Rats Subjected to Chronic Alcohol Administration

“…Basal levels of angiotensin II, aldosterone and vasopressin, and plasma renin activity in actively drinking males did not differ from those of healthy controls [19]. After an ethanol challenge, plasma angiotensin II concentrations were significantly higher in alcoholics than in controls but neither plasma renin activity nor aldosterone levels changed in accordance with the elevated plasma angiotensin II.…”

The acute effects of oral ethanol on the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis in normal human subjects

“…Plasma AVP has been reported to fall acutely after an ethanol load in humans (Leppaluoto et al, 1992;Eisenhofer & Johnson, 1982), with a subsequent later rise, more marked in those subjects with nausea. Not all investigators have replicated this initial fall (Colantonio et al, 1991), and it is interesting to note that neither Leppaluoto et al nor Eisenhofer and Johnson compared the AVP response to ethanol with that of a placebo drink. Ethanol does, however, blunt stimulated AVP as seen following insulin hypoglycaemia (Chiodera & Coiro, 1990) and hypertonic saline (Eisenhofer & Johnson, 1982).…”