title: [Enoximone in the hemodynamic evaluation before heart transplantation. A new test].
abstract: A better selection of patients referred for cardiac transplantation should lead to better surgical results. The presence of severe and irreversible pulmonary hypertension is an important factor and its pretransplantation assessment requires pharmacodynamic testing with vasodilators and dobutamine. The aim of this study of 10 patients in congestive cardiac failure referred for cardiac transplantation was to evaluate enoximone in this indication by comparing it with sodium nitroprussiate (3 micrograms/kg/mn). Intravenous enoximone (total dose of 1.5 mg/kg) increased the cardiac index (+49%; p less than 0.01), slightly reduced the mean systemic blood pressure (-8%; p less than 0.05) whilst inducing a greater reduction in systemic arterial resistances (-36%; p less than 0.01); the fall in mean blood pressure was less than with sodium nitroprussiate (-23%; p less than 0.01). Myocardial oxygen consumption (rate-pressure product) did not increase in contrast to the effect of dobutamine (+21%; p less than 0.01). There was a significant reduction in pulmonary arteriolar resistances (p less than 0.01) with all three drugs but the interpretation of this response and its prognostic significance in patients with a low cardiac output and persistent pulmonary hypertension are discutable even when pulmonary arteriolar resistances are less than 6 Wood units. The value of using an inotropic agent such as Dobutamine or Enoximone is to unmask fixed pulmonary hypertension which may be missed in patients with low cardiac output even with vasodilator drugs, and also to mimic the haemodynamic result of transplantation. In this indication Enoximone may be used like Dobutamine but with the advantage of not increasing myocardial oxygen consumption and being probably less arrhythmogenic.
authors: Clinique cardiologique, hôpital Broussais, Paris.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Pornin
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Allal
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Bouton
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Farge
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Couetil
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Dreyfus
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sarkis
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Prevost
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Barraine
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Ourbak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004280:Dobutamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D017335:Enoximone; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; D009599:Nitroprusside; D004280:Dobutamine; D017335:Enoximone
vernacular_title: L'énoximone dans le bilan hémodynamique prétransplantation cardiaque. Un nouveau test.