title: [Effects of magnesium pidolate on cardiovascular hemodynamics].
abstract: Aim of this study is to define the hemodynamic effects of magnesium (Mg) in patients with ischemic heart disease. Thus, the effects of 1 g of Mg pidolate injected over 3 min iv were evaluated in 10 patients by analysis of pressure data from a micromanometer catheter in the left ventricle and of volume data derived from Doppler and 2-dimensional echocardiography. Recordings were made before and immediately after the injection, at 3, 5, and 8 min. At 5 min, Mg induced a significant reduction in left ventricular peak systolic pressure (from 132.4 +/- 19.4 to 122.7 +/- 17.5 mmHg, p = 0.015, with early filling notably augmented (E wave of Doppler curve; from 39.4 +/- 8.5 to 43.9 +/- 9.7 cm/s, p = 0.013) and a slight increase in cardiac output (from 6.23 +/- 1.4 to 6.9 +/- 1.7 l/min, p = 0.092). Heart rate increased (from 75.9 +/- 9.6 to 78.13 +/- 8.4 b/min, p = 0.062) and the constant of isovolumetric pressure decay decreased (from 48.9 +/- 13.2 to 45.7 +/- 14.9 ms, p = 0.065), probably as a final effect of aortic pressure reduction. The diastolic pressure-volume relationship was insignificantly displaced downward (p = 0.11) and to the right (p = 0.62). In conclusion, Mg unloads the ischemic left ventricle through a reduction of systemic aortic pressure, with a secondary increase in early filling; this increase may derive from a rise in the atrioventricular diastolic gradient, subsequent to an improvement in ventricular emptying. Active relaxation is improved, and passive diastolic properties are not affected, in spite of the reported calcium-antagonist action of the drug.
authors.affiliation: Divisione Clinicizzata di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Verona.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Destro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bicego
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Molinari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anselmi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zardini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid
vernacular_title: Effetti del magnesio pidolato sull'emodinamica cardiovascolare.