title: [Cardiac hypertrophy and arterial compliance after antihypertensive treatment].
abstract: Cardiac hypertrophy in hypertension is related to increased peripheral vascular resistance and reduced aortic compliance. Non-invasive measurement of pulse wave velocities and systolo-diastolic variations of the diameter of the aortic arch show that an increase in the elastic modulus of the aorta is closely related to the increase in cardiac mass. This relationship holds even after correction for mean arterial pressure. Therefore, it has been suggested that, in hypertension, the decreased aortic compliance leads to a disproportionate increase in systolic blood pressure and end systolic wall stress, predisposing to cardiac hypertrophy. The blood pressure, arterial haemodynamics of the forearm (by pulsed Doppler flow measurement) and echocardiographic parameters were studied in 16 patients with permanent essential hypertension, before and 3 months after treatment with perindopril, an ACE inhibitor. In a simple blinded study versus placebo, perindopril was shown to significantly reduce the blood pressure (p less than 0.01) while brachial blood flow increased (p less than 0.01) because of a simultaneous increase in blood flow velocity and arterial diameter. During 5 minutes' occlusion at the wrist, blood flow velocity decreased more in patients taking perindopril than those on placebo (p less than 0.01) whilst the reduction in arterial diameter was equivalent, indicating that the increase in arterial diameter with perindopril could not be explained by flow-dependent dilatation alone but by a direct effect of the drug on the artery. During the treatment phase, brachial arterial compliance increased (p less than 0.01) and pulse wave velocity decreased (p less than 0.01) and there was no change in arterial shear stress defined as the product of mean blood pressure and arterial diameter.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Service de médicine interne et de l'INSERM, hôpital Broussais, Paris.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Asmar
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Pannier
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: London
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Safar
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001011:Aorta / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003187:Compliance / Q000187:drug effects; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020913:Perindopril; D016037:Single-Blind Method
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D020913:Perindopril
vernacular_title: Hypertrophie cardiaque et compliance artérielle après un traitement antihypertenseur.