title: Effect of captopril on left ventricular mass and function in hypertensive patients and in the rat.
abstract: Twenty-seven mild to moderate essential hypertensive patients were treated with captopril alone or combined with hydrochlorothiazide and left ventricular echocardiographic changes were evaluated after 1, 3 and 6 months. The left ventricular mass decreased slightly after 3 months, together with mean wall stress and total peripheral resistance, while the cardiac performance, as measured by fractional shortening and cardiac output, was unaffected. A high degree of individual variability was observed, and only 9 out of 20 patients examined after 3 months had a consistent reduction in left ventricular mass. The effect of captopril on the isomyosin composition was also evaluated in 4 normotensive rats after 12 weeks of drug administration. No interference with the physiological pattern was observed and no modifications of the biochemical and structural properties of the myocardium were detected.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009218:Myosins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002216:Captopril; D009218:Myosins