title: Effects of intravenous verapamil administration on left ventricular diastolic function in systemic hypertension.
abstract: The effects of intravenous verapamil administration (0.1 mg/kg as a bolus followed by an infusion of 0.007 mg/kg/min) were studied using high-temporal-resolution radionuclide angiography in 27 patients with hypertension. Verapamil administration increased heart rate from 69 +/- 11 to 75 +/- 12 beats/min (p less than 0.001) and decreased systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures (BPs) from 155 +/- 21/102 +/- 12 mm Hg (mean 119 +/- 14) to 142 +/- 19/95 +/- 12 mm Hg (mean 109 +/- 13) (p less than 0.001 for all). Ejection fraction decreased significantly (from 65 +/- 10% to 60 +/- 11%, p less than 0.005); peak filling rate, however, increased significantly only in patients in whom it was subnormal in the basal study (from 2.2 +/- 0.4 to 3.0 +/- 0.6 end-diastolic counts/s, p less than 0.001). These latter patients had significantly higher values of left ventricular (LV) mass index than patients with normal or increased peak filling rate (129 +/- 22 vs 112 +/- 22 g/m2, respectively, p less than 0.05). The isovolumic relaxation period changes were inversely related to the baseline values (r = 0.83, p less than 0.001). In the subgroup of patients in whom isovolumic relaxation period lengthened, time to end systole decreased (from 360 +/- 31 to 329 +/- 30 ms, p less than 0.025) and time to onset of rapid filling increased (from 420 +/- 31 to 451 +/- 34 ms, p less than 0.025), whereas these 2 intervals had opposite patterns in patients in whom isovolumic relaxation period decreased or did not change.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003971:Diastole / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D014700:Verapamil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014700:Verapamil