title: [Remission of left ventricular hypertrophy with ramipril independently of blood pressure changes: the HYCAR study (cardiac hypertrophy and ramipril)].
abstract: Most studies of the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy by antihypertensive treatment have methodological weaknesses and have not shown if regression of left ventricular hypertrophy can be obtained independently of blood pressure reduction. In the HYCAR study, after an inclusion phase of 4 to 6 weeks on furosemide (20 mg/day), 115 patients with left ventricular hypertrophy were randomised in a double blind manner to placebo group (N = 40), ramipril, 1.25 mg/day, (N = 38) or 5 mg/day (N = 37) for a period of 6 months. Furosemide was continued during the double blind treatment period. Echocardiography and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were performed just before the randomisation and at 6 months. At the end of the study, there was no significant difference between the casual and ambulatory blood pressure changes. Expressed in g/m, the left ventricular mass index decreased significantly with respect to placebo in the ramipril 5 mg group (-12.2 +/- 3.9 versus +5.5 +/- 4.3 g/m2, p = 0.003) and in the 1.25 mg group (-7.5 +/- 4.6 g/m2, p = 0.04). The reduction in left ventricular mass index expressed in g/m2 was significant in the 5 mg ramipril (p = 0.008) but not in the 1.25 mg ramipril group (p = 0.06).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Unité de pharmacologie clinique, Hôpital cardiologique, Lyon.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lièvre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guéret
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gayet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roudaut
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Delair
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boissel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017257:Ramipril / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D017257:Ramipril
vernacular_title: Régression de l'hypertrophie ventriculaire gauche par le ramipril, indépendamment des variations tensionnelles: l'étude HYCAR (hypertrophie cardiaque et ramipril).