title: Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy by acebutolol and nifedipine.
abstract: Fourteen patients with previously untreated essential hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy were treated with a fixed-dose combination of acebutolol 200 mg and nifedipine 20 mg once daily for a followup of 25.6 +/- 1.8 months. Echocardiography showed a significant decrease after a mean period of 6.6 months in interventricular septal thickness (14.8%, p less than 0.001), posterior wall thickness (14.8%, p less than 0.001), and left ventricular mass index (21.3%). After 25.6 months, the reductions were 29% (p less than 0.001), 28.1% (p less than 0.001), and 38.7% (p less than 0.001), respectively. Left wall thickness was significantly reduced, but left ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic dimensions and fractional shortening remained unchanged. Treatment reduced resting blood pressure from 161/102 mmHg to 132/87 mmHg (p less than 0.001) and reduced exercise blood pressure at 100 W from 208/113 mmHg to 170/94 mmHg (p less than 0.001). Thus, nifedipine in combination with acebutolol produces significant blood-pressure reduction accompanied by regression of left ventricular hypertrophy without noticeable changes in left ventricular function.
authors.affiliation: Klinik Wehrawald der BfA, Todtmoos, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Franz
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tönnesmann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Behr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ketelhut
mesh_terms: D000070:Acebutolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D000070:Acebutolol; D009543:Nifedipine