title: Hemodynamic effects of oral nicorandil in congestive heart failure.
abstract: Twenty-five patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) underwent a double-blind randomized study of the acute hemodynamic effects of orally administered nicorandil, a newly developed vasodilator drug. A dose range of 10 to 60 mg was studied. Nicorandil, at a dose of 60 mg, caused statistically significant decreases in systemic systolic and diastolic blood pressure, right atrial pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance and systolic and diastolic pulmonary arterial pressure. A brief increase in cardiac index attributable to an increase in stroke volume without a change in heart rate was also observed. A dose of 40 mg produced similar results in cardiac index and systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance, but changes in other hemodynamic parameters were much smaller in magnitude and usually not of statistical significance. No significant hemodynamic response was seen to doses of 10 and 20 mg of nicorandil. Duration of action was short with nearly all hemodynamic parameters returning close to baseline within 3 hours. This rapid decrease in activity occurred in concert with a rapid plasma clearance of nicorandil as determined by serial measurements of plasma drug concentration. This study suggests that first-dose orally administered nicorandil elicits favorable, but brief, hemodynamic effects in CHF at doses greater than or equal to 40 mg.
authors: Division of Cardiology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus.
authors: F D
authors: FD
authors: Tice
authors: P F
authors: PF
authors: Binkley
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Cody
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Moeschberger
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Mohrland
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: Wolf
authors: C V
authors: CV
authors: Leier
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020108:Nicorandil; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009536:Niacinamide; D020108:Nicorandil