title: [Acute hemodynamic and coronary effects of captopril in chronic cardiac failure].
abstract: The acute effects of captopril on haemodynamics, coronary flow and myocardial metabolism were studied in 12 patients with chronic severe cardiac failure (primary cardiomyopathy: 10 cases; ischaemic: 2 cases) in functional Classes III or IV of the NYHA. All patients were male and their average age was 51.3 +/- 14.1 years (range 27 to 68 years). Measurements were carried out under basal conditions and 90 minutes after a single dose of 50 mg (5 cases) or 100 mg (7 cases) of captopril. Captopril administration leads to an increase in cardiac index from 2.05 +/- 0.32 to 2.34 +/- 0.35 l/min/m2 (p less than 0.05) and a greater increase in systolic index from 23.9 +/- 6.7 to 29.8 +/- 6.9 ml/syst/m2 (p less than 0.01), because the heart rate decreased slightly (p less than 0.05). These changes were the result of a decrease in afterload: mean aortic pressure fell from 85 +/- 11.8 to 68 +/- 19.6 mmHg (p less than 0.01) and systemic arterial resistance fell from 2 886 +/- 745 to 2 010 +/- 610 dynes/cm-5/sec/m-2 (p less than 0.01). Captopril also led to a fall in venous tone, i.e. pre-load: left ventricular end diastolic pressure fell from 26.9 +/- 6.1 to 20.8 +/- 6.6 mmHg: p less than 0.01. There was no change in contractility as shown by the absence of variation of the V.max (0.92 +/- 0.18 under basal conditions, and 0.90 +/- 0.15 after 90 minutes).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D011392:Proline; D002216:Captopril
vernacular_title: Effets aigus hémodynamiques et coronaires du captopril dans l'insuffisance cardiaque chronique.