title: Hemodynamic changes due to afterload reduction as a predictor of exercise capacity in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Sixteen patients with dilated cardiomyopathy were examined hemodynamically in order to clarify the relationship between the exercise capacity and the effects of afterload reduction at rest using supine graded bicycle exercise testing before and after sublingual administration of 10 mg nifedipine. 1) The integration of work loads was weakly correlated with the stroke index (r = 0.64), heart rate (r = -0.58) and plasma norepinephrine concentration at rest (r = 0.49), but not with the left ventricular ejection fraction, cardiac index, pulmonary arterial diastolic pressure or the mean arterial pressure at rest. 2) Changes in stroke index and heart rate after administration of nifedipine correlated well with the integration of work loads (r = -0.84, r = 0.81, respectively). Thus, in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy changes in stroke volume and heart rate due to afterload reduction at rest were better predictors of exercise capacity than the baseline left ventricular hemodynamic parameters.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima Prefectural Hiroshima Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morichika
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuchioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kajiyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009543:Nifedipine; D009638:Norepinephrine