title: Dopaminergic drugs in congestive heart failure: hemodynamic and neuroendocrine responses to ibopamine, dopamine, and dihydroergotoxine.
abstract: Ibopamine has hemodynamic and neurohumoral effects potentially useful for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF), but its mechanism of action is not completely clear. To evaluate the role of dopaminergic receptor stimulation in the hemodynamic and neurohumoral activity of ibopamine, we compared the effects of ibopamine, 100 mg orally (p.o.) with those of the dopamine 2, 4, and 6 micrograms/kg/min intravenously (i.v.) and of the DA2 agonist dihydroergotoxine 6 micrograms/kg i.v. in 13 patients with chronic CHF [left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < or = 35%]. All patients underwent right heart Swan-Ganz catheterization with determination of hemodynamic parameters at baseline, after 30 min of infusion of each dose of dopamine (DA) and < or = 6 h after ibopamine and dihydroergotoxine administration. Blood samples for the assessment of plasma renin activity (PRA), aldosterone, norepinephrine (NE), and epinephrine (Epi) were also obtained. Ibopamine induced a peak 21% increase of cardiac index (CI) with a 23 and 25% increase in stroke volume (SV) and stroke work indexes (SWI), respectively, and an 18% reduction in systemic vascular resistance (SVR). Similar changes were observed after DA infused at the doses of 2 and 4 micrograms/kg/min, whereas with the dose of 6 micrograms/kg/min heart rate (HR) increased by 23% and SV index (SVI) did not change further. Dihydroergotoxine administration induced only a significant 9% decrease in mean arterial pressure (MAP), with a 13% reduction in SVR.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Cardiologia, Università di Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metra
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Missale
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Spano
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Cas
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003846:Deoxyepinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004088:Dihydroergotoxine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D004088:Dihydroergotoxine; D000450:Aldosterone; C023487:ibopamine; D012083:Renin; D003846:Deoxyepinephrine; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine