title: Effects of enalapril during continuous nitrate therapy: analysis of diameter of coronary arteries and platelet cyclic guanosine monophosphate.
abstract: To investigate the effects of enalapril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, on nitrate tolerance during continuous nitrate therapy, coronary artery diameters and platelet cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels were measured before and 2 minutes after intracoronary injection of nitroglycerin 200 microg in 60 patients with coronary artery disease and were compared among 20 patients treated with nitrates (nitrate group), 20 patients treated with both nitrates and enalapril (enalapril group), and 20 untreated patients (control group). The percent increase in platelet cGMP and coronary dilatation in the nitrate group was significantly less than in the control group, but the percent increase in the enalapril group was significantly greater than that in the nitrate group. These results indicate that enalapril may be helpful as concomitant therapy to maintain the effect of nitrates during continuous nitrate therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kakihana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugishita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000097:blood*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004656:Enalapril / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D007548:Isosorbide Dinitrate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D004656:Enalapril; D012083:Renin; D005996:Nitroglycerin; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D007548:Isosorbide Dinitrate; D009638:Norepinephrine