Objective: The present study was performed to measure concentrations of plasma noradrenaline and neuropeptide-Y-like immunoreactivity in relation to cardiac function in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).

Methods: Plasma noradrenaline was measured by high performance liquid chromatography and neuropeptide-Y by radioimmunoassay in 30 consecutive patients with SSc and 48 sex and age matched controls. Left ventricular (LV) function was evaluated by Echocardiography.

Results: There were no significant differences between patients and controls in either plasma noradrenaline or plasma neuropeptide-Y. LV dysfunction and hypertrophy were common among patients. Plasma Neuropeptide-Y was related only to systolic function, while noradrenaline was related to both systolic and diastolic function as well as to LV hypertrophy.

Conclusion: Patients with SSc develop different forms of myocardial dysfunction without activation of the sympathetic nervous system as evaluated by plasma noradrenaline and neuropeptide-Y; leaving vascular disease of the heart to be a main candidate.

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