title: Intraoperative heart rate reduction--alinidine versus metoprolol.
abstract: In a double-blind randomized protocol the effectiveness of the specific bradycardic agent alinidine (0.6 mg.kg-1 i.v.) was compared to that of the betablocker metoprolol (0.035 mg.kg-1 i.v.). Twenty-four coronary artery disease patients undergoing a bypass procedure with an intraoperative heart rate increase of more than 20% were included. Patients with a concomitant intraoperative mean arterial pressure increase of more than 30% or with an intraoperative wedge pressure higher than 15 mmHg (2.0 kPa) were excluded. After application of alinidine and metoprolol, heart rate decreased significantly (P less than 0.01) in the alinidine group from 88 +/- 19 beats per min to 72 +/- 13 and in the metoprolol group from 82 +/- 16 to 72 +/- 12. Baseline values were not obtained. Compared to the hemodynamic changes in the metoprolol group, the alterations of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) (P less than 0.05), stroke volume index (SVI) (P less than 0.05), left ventricular stroke work index (LVSWI) (P less than 0.01) and right ventricular stroke work index (RVSWI) (P less than 0.05) in the alinidine group were statistically significantly different. PCWP remained unchanged after alinidine and increased in the metoprolol group (1.4 +/- 0.4 to 1.6 +/- 0.4 kPa). In the alinidine group LVSWI (43.1 +/- 15 to 49.2 +/- 18 g-m.m-2), RVSWI (5.1 +/- 4 to 6.6 +/- 3 g-m.m-2) and SVI (37.2 +/- 12.2 to 42.5 +/- 12.8 ml.m-2) increased.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gombotz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Metzler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rehak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003000:Clonidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; C022192:alinidine; D008790:Metoprolol; D003000:Clonidine