title: Application of cine nuclear magnetic resonance imaging for sequential evaluation of response to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy in dilated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Cine nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging was used to serially measure cardiovascular function in 17 patients with New York Heart Association class II or III heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction less than or equal to 45% who were treated for 3 months with benazepril hydrochloride, a new angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, while continuing treatment with diuretic agents and digoxin. Interobserver reproducibilities for ejection fraction (r = 0.94, SEE 3.3%), end-systolic volume (r = 0.98, SEE 10.6 ml), end-diastolic volume (r = 0.99, SEE 8.29 ml), end-systolic mass (r = 0.96, SEE 15.4 g), end-systolic wall stress (r = 0.91, SEE 10 dynes.s.cm-5) and end-systolic stress/volume ratio (r = 0.85, SEE 0.13) demonstrated applicability of cine NMR imaging for the serial assessment of cardiovascular function in response to pharmacologic interventions in patients with heart failure. During 12 weeks of treatment with benazepril, ejection fraction increased progressively from 29.7 +/- 2.2% (mean +/- SEM) to 36 +/- 2.2% (p less than 0.05), end-diastolic volume decreased from 166 +/- 14 to 158 +/- 12 ml (p = NS), end-systolic volume decreased from 118 +/- 12 to 106 +/- 11 ml (p less than 0.05), left ventricular mass decreased from 235 +/- 13 to 220 +/- 12 g (p less than 0.05), end-systolic wall stress decreased 29% from 90 +/- 5 to 64 +/- 5 dynes.s.cm-5 (p less than 0.05), end-systolic pressure decreased from 92.6 +/- 3.7 to 78.8 +/- 5.3 (p less than 0.05) and end-systolic stress/volume ratio, a load-independent index of contractility, decreased from 0.83 +/- 0.05 to 0.67 +/- 0.06 (p less than 0.05), demonstrating that improved ejection fraction is due to afterload reduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0628.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Seelos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sobol
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cavero
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Parmley
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009040:Motion Pictures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015588:Observer Variation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D001552:Benzazepines; C044946:benazepril