title: Effects of early and late therapy with perindopril on survival and myocardial inotropic state in experimental dilated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: We wished to test (a) whether single-drug therapy with a low dose of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor perindopril has the capacity to improve early survival of the cardiomyopathic Syrian hamster (CSH); (b) whether early treatment with perindopril modifies CSH survival to a greater extent than perindopril treatment initiated later in the course of the disease; and (c) the effects of early and late perindopril therapy on the intrinsic contractility of left ventricular (LV) papillary muscle. We studied CSH from the Bio 53.58 dilated strain (n = 76), in which myocardial necrosis is known to develop from age 30 days, whereas congestive heart failure (CHF) is observed only after age 6 months. Animals were randomly assigned to three groups. In early-treated animals, perindopril (1 mg/kg body weight once daily in distilled water) was administered by force-feeding from age 1 month to 9 months (PE1, n = 21). Animals receiving delayed treatment received distilled water from age 1 month to 6 months, followed by 1 mg/kg body weight from age 6 to 9 months (PE2, n = 34). Controls received distilled water from age 1 month to 9 months (C, n = 21). At endpoint (9 months), mechanical properties of LV papillary muscles and serum ACE activity were studied in a subgroup of 32 CSH (C, n = 8; PE1, n = 10; and PE2, n = 14). Maximum unloaded shortening velocity, maximum extent of systolic shortening in twitch with preload only, and normalized peak of isometric active force were measured.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: INSERM U275-Loa-Ensta-Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chemla
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scalbert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Desché
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lerebours
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Suard
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lecarpentier
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D006224:Cricetinae; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007211:Indoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000097:blood; D020913:Perindopril; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; D020913:Perindopril