title: Coronary vasodilating action of dobutamine in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: To assess the coronary hemodynamic effects of dobutamine in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, dobutamine was infused at the incremental infusion rates of 25, 50, 100, and 200 micrograms/min into the left main coronary artery of nine patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. In response to dobutamine infusion, systemic hemodynamic effects were dose related. At the highest infusion rate cardiac index and left ventricular peak positive rate of rise in ventricular pressure increased from 2.33 +/- 0.54 to 2.97 +/- 0.65 L/min/m (p = 0.001) and from 690 +/- 177 to 1157 +/- 275 mm Hg/sec (p = 0.001), respectively. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure decreased from 17 +/- 8 to 8 +/- 7 mm Hg (p = 0.001) and a trend toward decrease in left ventricular wall stress was observed (from 166 +/- 75 to 148 +/- 66 gm/cm2, not significant). Heart rate and mean arterial pressure remained unchanged. The coronary hemodynamic response to dobutamine infusion was also dose related. At the highest infusion rate coronary sinus blood flow increased from 133 +/- 35 to 179 +/- 47 ml/min (p < 0.01) and was associated with an increase in coronary oxygen blood content from 4.5 +/- 0.6 to 7.8 +/- 1.7 ml per 100 ml (p < 0.01) whereas myocardial oxygen consumption remained unchanged. During dobutamine infusion norepinephrine decreased in the femoral artery and in the coronary sinus from 1.03 +/- 0.34 to 0.641 +/- 0.179 ng/ml (p < 0.05) and from 1.76 +/- 0.98 to 1.38 +/- 0.65 ng/ml (p < 0.05), respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Departement de Cardiologie et de Physiologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Dubois-Randé
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Merlet
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Duval-Moulin
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Adnot
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Saal
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Chabrier
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Castaigne
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Geschwind
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects; D004280:Dobutamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004452:Echocardiography; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004280:Dobutamine; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine