title: [The effect of nifedipine in hypertensive cardiopathy. An echocardiographic and electrocardiographic study].
abstract: To assess whether antihypertensive therapy by nifedipine can reverse left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, 15 hypertensive patients, mean age 47 years, were serially studied during 12 months of treatment with nifedipine in slow release (40-60 mg/day), by recordings of blood pressure (BP), ECG and echocardiogram. Blood pressure decreased from 161 +/- 6/104 +/- 3 mmHg to 131 +/- 3/89 +/- 1 mmHg, p < 0.001, and this fall first became statistically significant at 1 month. From the hemodynamic view point, BP decreased for a reduction in total peripheral resistance. The Sokolow-Lyon voltage decreased significantly after 6 months (from 33.5 +/- 2.7 to 28.1 +/- 2.1 mm, p < 0.01) without further changes in the subsequent months. Left ventricular mass, by echocardiography, decreased after 6 months (from 189 +/- 15 to 176 +/- 13 g/m2, p < 0.05) and further after 12 months (169 +/- 13 g/m2, p < 0.001). The reduction in LV mass was secondary to the decrease in wall thickness, particularly in posterior wall thickness. No significant changes were observed in LV fractional shortening throughout the study. Thus, nifedipine was an effective antihypertensive agent and reverted LV hypertrophy secondary to arterial hypertension without impairment of LV systolic function.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Cagliari.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seguro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onnis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Orani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soro
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cherchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D009543:Nifedipine