title: [Effects of antihypertensive treatment on the relaxation of the left ventricle in hypertensive patients].
abstract: To increase our understanding of the interaction between anti-hypertensive drug therapy and left ventricular filling, 23 hypertensive patients (DBP 100 +/- 4 mmHg) had their myocardial mass measured and underwent gamma-angiography (determination of maximum volume of filling, MVF, end-diastolic volume/s-1, and the maximum time for filling, MTF, ms) before and after therapy with propranolol (100 mg/d), captopril (50 mg/d), nitrendipine (28 mg/day) or xipamide (20 mg/d). Blood pressure was recorded in the four treatment groups, and myocardial mass regressed only in those treated with propranolol or nitrendipine. Only the latter drug acts simultaneously on MVF (2.19 +/- 0.22 vs 2.47 +/- 0.43 EDV/s -1) and MTF (221 +/- 21 vs 192 +/- 20 ms) significantly (p less than 0.05). Xipamide only improved MTF (228 +/- 28 vs 209 +/- 20 ms; p less than 0.05). These data compared to those of the literature demonstrate the variability in the antihypertensive effects on ventricular filling, while its improvement may be proposed as a usual objective in treatment of hypertensive disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital du Val-de-Grâce, Paris.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ollivier
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gaillard
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Quatre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
vernacular_title: Les incidences du traitement antihypertenseur sur la relaxation du ventricule gauche chez l'hypertendu.