title: Relative contribution of inotropic and vasodilator effects to amrinone-induced hemodynamic improvement in congestive heart failure.
abstract: The relative contribution of inotropic and vasodilator effect to amrinone-induced hemodynamic improvement in congestive heart failure (CHF) is unknown. In 9 patients with CHF, the effects of amrinone and nitroprusside on hemodynamic and radionuclide measurements were compared to determine whether reduced afterload accounts for the amrinone-induced decrease in left ventricular end-systolic volume. In each patient, the end-systolic pressure-volume relation was derived using nitroprusside. After terminating nitroprusside treatment, intravenous amrinone (3 mg/kg) caused end-systolic volume to decrease from 148 +/- 32 ml/m2 (mean +/- standard deviation) to 133 +/- 32 ml/m2 (p less than 0.05), causing an increase in cardiac index from 1.9 +/- 0.8 to 2.7 +/- 0.8 liters/min/m2 (p less than 0.001). Arterial end-systolic pressure decreased in all patients during amrinone administration, from 96 +/- 22 to 84 +/- 19 mm Hg (p less than 0.005), as did systemic vascular resistance. Nitroprusside doses needed to match the decrease in LV end-systolic volume induced by amrinone caused significantly greater decreases in arterial end-systolic pressure than did amrinone (p less than 0.01). The amrinone-induced decrease in end-systolic volume exceeded that predicted for a pure vasodilator based on arterial end-systolic pressure and the nitroprusside-derived pressure-volume relation in 6 patients. In 3 patients, the decrease in end-systolic volume did not exceed that expected for a pure vasodilator. In conclusion, after amrinone treatment, afterload reduction occurs in all patients with severe CHF and is the sole effect in some.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000631:Aminopyridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000676:Amrinone; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000631:Aminopyridines; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D000676:Amrinone