title: Favorable effects of hydralazine on the hemodynamic response to isometric exercise in chronic severe aortic regurgitation.
abstract: The hemodynamic effects of isometric exercise and the response to hydralazine therapy were evaluated in 11 patients with chronic, severe aortic regurgitation (AR). Isometric exercise produced a significant increase in heart rate (from 78 +/- 11 to 93 +/- 19 beats/min [mean +/- standard deviation], p less than 0.05), mean blood pressure (from 83 +/- 8 to 104 +/- 20 mm Hg, p less than 0.05), mean right atrial pressure (from 3 +/- 2 to 7 +/- 5 mm Hg, p less than 0.05) and mean pulmonary artery wedge pressure (from 12 +/- 7 to 18 +/- 10 mm Hg, p less than 0.05). Small and insignificant changes were seen in cardiac index (from 3.4 +/- 0.8 to 3.9 +/- 1.0 liters/min/m2), systemic vascular resistance (from 1,097 +/- 257 to 1,171 +/- 284 dynes s cm-5), pulmonary vascular resistance (from 120 +/- 76 to 130 +/- 89 dynes s cm-5) and stroke volume index (from 44 +/- 10 to 43 +/- 12 ml/m2). After oral hydralazine administration (100 to 300 mg), hemodynamic values during isometric exercise were: Heart rate increased further, to 105 +/- 14 beats/min (p less than 0.05), mean blood pressure was 102 +/- 16 mm Hg (difference not significant [NS]) cardiac index increased markedly, to 5.2 +/- 1.4 liters/min/m2 (p less than 0.05), stroke volume index increased to 49 +/- 12 ml/m2 (p less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D006830:Hydralazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007537:Isometric Contraction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D006830:Hydralazine