title: Use of isradipine in hypertension following coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: A dose-finding pilot study including six patients concluded that isradipine at an initial rate of 0.6 microgram/kg/minute, decreasing to 0.3 microgram/kg/minute with further adjustments as necessary, was safe for the treatment of post-aortocoronary bypass graft hypertension. A comparative study followed, comprising 20 patients randomly assigned to receive isradipine (starting at 0.6 microgram/kg/minute) or nitroprusside (initially 1 microgram/kg/minute) for the treatment of post-aortocoronary bypass graft hypertension. Both drugs produced a satisfactory reduction in arterial blood pressure accompanied by a decrease in systemic vascular resistance. Central venous pressure and mean pulmonary artery pressure decreased with nitroprusside, but both increased with isradipine. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was reduced, heart rate increased, and cardiac output was minimally changed with nitroprusside. However, wedge pressure was maintained with isradipine and there was no tachycardia. An increase in cardiac output was seen, associated with an increase in stroke index. Isradipine is a more specific treatment for post-aortocoronary bypass graft hypertension than nitroprusside because its systemic arterial dilating effect is associated with a minimum of other circulatory changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, London Chest Hospital, England.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Feneck
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Walesby
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Lunnon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002496:Central Venous Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D017275:Isradipine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D005292:Ferricyanides; D011725:Pyridines; D009599:Nitroprusside; D017275:Isradipine