title: [The effect of gallopamil on myocardial perfusion in angina of effort].
abstract: To value stress tolerance and stress myocardial perfusion before and after a week of oral therapy with gallopamil 150 mg daily, we studied 10 patients suffering from stable effort angina. We performed bicycle exercise stress testing and thallium scintigraphy (Tl) with planar technique in 3 projections (anterior-posterior and oblique left anterior at 45 and 70 degrees) according to the current standards. We valued systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP-DBP), heart rate (HR) and HR-SBP product at rest, at symptoms stress-induced and at the end of the procedure. Moreover we valued work threshold of chest discomfort and ischemia, the maximal work capacity and the perfusion defects according to a Tl score obtained dividing the 3 projections in 5 segments and fixing a value according to the observed perfusion from 0 = normal perfusion to 3 absent perfusion. We observed a significant reduction of basal HR (77 vs 71, p = 0.05), SBP (147 +/- 15 vs 131 +/- 15 mmHg, p = 0.001), DBP (91 +/- 6 vs 83 +/- 6 mmHg, p = 0.002). Work threshold of chest discomfort and ischemia significantly arose (8 +/- 3 vs 11 +/- 4 min., p = 0.002; 6 +/- 3 vs 10 +/- 4 min., p = 0.001). The HR-SBP product at the maximal work capacity and the Tl score significant decreased (31650 +/- 6239 vs 29406 +/- 5418, p = 0.003; 8 +/- 2 vs 5 +/- 1, p = 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile di Ivrea, Torino.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Musso
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ottello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinnavaia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giammaria
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mussio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aquaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005711:Gallopamil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D005711:Gallopamil
vernacular_title: Influenza del gallopamil sulla perfusione miocardica nell'angina da sforzo.