title: [Hemodynamic effect of subchronic therapy with 120 mg isosorbide dinitrate in a slow release form in minimal to moderate post-infarct heart failure].
abstract: In 16 patients (12 male, 4 female; age 48-73 years, mean = 62.2 years) with left heart failure NYHA Class II-III after myocardial infarction hemodynamic measurements by Swan-Ganz-Catheterization were performed before and after a 3-week therapy with a single dose of 120 mg ISDN in slow-release form. No patient received vasodilators and surgical revascularization was not indicated. Hemodynamics were measured before, 2 and 10 h after ISDN at rest and during exercise. Both before (rest/exercise: LVFP = 18.9 +/- 8.1 +/- 8.1/31.2 +/- 10.5 mmHg) and after 3 weeks (20.6 +/- 8.9/33.1 +/- 14.4 mmHg) ISDN significantly reduced LVFP 2 h (12.1 +/- 5.9/19.0 +/- 10.1 and 11.7 +/- 5.8/20.5 +/- 10.4 after 3 weeks) and 10 h (12.2 +/- 4.6/23.5 +/- 11.0 and 13.0 +/- 3.8/25.8 +/- 11.7 mmHg after 3 weeks) after application. No significant changes of heart rate were observed. In a subgroup of patients hemodynamic control after a 1-year treatment with 120 mg ISDN revealed a sustained reduction of LVFP at rest and during exercise. There is no significant evidence for the development of nitrate tolerance using this treatment regimen in chronic left heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Herz-Kreislauf-Klinik Bevensen, Abteilung Kardiologie I.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nötges
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Traber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007548:Isosorbide Dinitrate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D007548:Isosorbide Dinitrate
vernacular_title: Hämodynamische Wirkung einer subchronischen Therapie mit 120 mg Isosorbiddinitrat in Retardform bei leichter bis mittelschwerer Postinfarkt-Herzinsuffizienz.