title: Pharmacokinetics of oral isosorbide-5-mononitrate in patients with ischemic heart failure.
abstract: This study compared the pharmacokinetics of orally administered isosorbide-5-mononitrate (20 mg) in patients with and without signs of ischemic heart failure after acute myocardial infarction. The central venous pressure was used as a parameter of global myocardial function and to separate 17 patients into two groups with normal (group I: CVP less than 6 cmH2O; Killip class I; n = 9) and elevated (group II: CVP greater than or equal to 6 cmH2O; Killip class II-III; n = 8) pressure. As compared to subjects with normal CVP patients with hemodynamic impairment showed a markedly lower peak concentration of isosorbide-5-mononitrate levels (475 +/- 32 vs 663 +/- 38 ngml-1; p less than 0.01; mean +/- SEM) which occurred delayed (32 +/- 6 vs 55 +/- 9 s; p less than 0.05). Reduced cardiac function also resulted in a prolonged elimination of isosorbide-5-mononitrate as was suggested by the diminished elimination rate constant (0.14 +/- 0.01 vs 0.18 +/- 0.01 h-1; p less than 0.05). Thus, in patients with ischemic heart failure cardiac performance influences both the absorption and apparent elimination phase of oral isosorbide-5-mononitrate.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Spezielle Kardiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meissner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petersenn
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Heidemann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Osterkamp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Schulte
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007548:Isosorbide Dinitrate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D007548:Isosorbide Dinitrate; C030397:isosorbide-5-mononitrate