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      Cardiac Structure and Function before and after Acute and Chronic Verapamil Administration in Hypertensive Patients

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          The aim of this study has been to analyze the acute and chronic effects of oral verapamil on diastolic function indices, derived from Doppler echocardiography, and left-ventricular (LV) dimensions and mass, assessed by M-mode echocardiography, in hypertensive patients without LV hypertrophy. 12 patients with essential hypertension were studied in basal conditions and (1) after a single oral administration of verapamil 160 mg and placebo in a double-blind protocol and (2) over chronic treatment (12 months) with verapamil 240 mg/day. At baseline, the ratio between early and atrial-induced transmitral velocities (E/A ratio) was lower in patients than in 12 age-matched normal subjects (1.08 ± 0.2 vs. 1.51 ± 0.3, p < 0.01). Acute verapamil administration significantly decreased arterial blood pressure (162 ± 26/101 ± 8 to 142 ± 12/88 ± 7 mm Hg, p < 0.01 after 2 h) and increased the E/A ratio to 1.26 ± 0.3 (p < 0.05) after 3 h. No change in ventricular dimensions and heart rate was observed. After chronic therapy, we found a further increase in the E/A ratio in 10 responder patients (1.49 ± 0.3, p < 0.01). The LV mass index, that was higher than in normal subjects before the treatment (118 ± 16 vs. 91 ± 11 g/m<sup>2</sup>, p < 0.01), was significantly reduced (100 ± 17 g/m<sup>2</sup>, p < 0.05 vs. basal, nonsignificant vs. normal subjects). Our results demonstrate that acute administration of verapamil only partially improves the abnormal indices of diastolic function in hypertensive patients, whereas chronic treatment, by reducing LV mass indices and blood pressure to normal values, can completely normalize the indices of LV diastolic filling.

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          Journal
          CRD
          Cardiology
          10.1159/issn.0008-6312
          Cardiology
          S. Karger AG
          0008-6312
          1421-9751
          1991
          1991
          12 November 2008
          : 79
          : 3
          : 180-187
          Affiliations
          Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Terapia Medica, Università di Milano; Centro di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, Ospedale Maggiore, Milano, Italia
          Article
          174878 Cardiology 1991;79:180–187
          10.1159/000174878
          1837496
          3841fc51-29b6-4b02-99ae-aaf77cbea5a2
          © 1991 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 07 March 1991
          : 09 April 1991
          Page count
          Pages: 8
          Categories
          Clinical Pharmacology

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Mild hypertension,Diastolic filling,Doppler echocardiography,Verapamil,Cardiac mass

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