title: Left ventricular mass regression and diastolic function improvement in mild and moderate hypertensive patients treated with lisinopril.
abstract: Thirty patients (18 male), mean age 49.5 +/- 6.3 years, were treated with lisinopril 10-40 mg once daily for 16 weeks. The effect of treatment on left ventricular mass and improvement in left ventricular diastolic function (measured by echo-Doppler) was assessed. Blood pressure changes were measured conventionally in the clinic and by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Clinic blood pressure decreased from 168.3 +/- 13.8/105.5 +/- 5.4 mm Hg to 137.5 +/- 4.1/88.8 +/- 4.1 mm Hg (p < 0.005 for both systolic and diastolic blood pressures), and the heart rate from 75.2 +/- 3.7 to 74.4 +/- 7.6 beats per minute (NS). The frequency of ambulatory systolic blood pressure values > 140 mm Hg decreased in percentage from 63.3 +/- 12.8 to 29.9 +/- 9.1% (p < 0.005) and the frequency of ambulatory diastolic blood pressure values > 90 mm Hg decreased in percentage from 61.1 +/- 12.8 to 28.6 +/- 7.5% (p < 0.005). Septal and left ventricular posterior wall thickness decreased from 11.2 +/- 0.9 to 10.3 +/- 0.6 mm and from 10.9 +/- 0.9 to 10.1 +/- 0.6 mm, respectively (both p < 0.005). Left ventricular diastolic diameter and the shortening fraction did not change significantly. Left ventricular mass, calculated from left ventricular wall thickness and diastolic diameter, decreased from 132.6 +/- 11.5 to 119.9 +/- 6.3 g/m2 (p < 0.005).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Policlínica Bancaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Esper
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Burrieza
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cacharrón
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fábregues
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Baglivo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D003971:Diastole / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017706:Lisinopril / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D017706:Lisinopril