title: Long-term effects of delapril hydrochloride on procollagen type III amino-terminal peptide, left ventricular mass and left ventricular function in hypertensive patients.
abstract: The long-term effect of delapril hydrochloride, a non-sulfhydryl angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, on serum concentrations of procollagen type III amino-terminal peptide (PIIIP) and left ventricular mass (LVM) and function were investigated in 15 hypertensive patients. Patients were treated with delapril hydrochloride 30 mg/day po for 12 months. Blood samples and an echocardiogram were obtained before treatment and after 6 and 12 months of treatment. Blood pressure, PIIIP, and LVM significantly decreased associated with an increase in left ventricular fractional shortening and mean systolic and diastolic posterior wall velocity at 6 and 12 months of treatment. Positive correlations between PIIIP and LVM (r=0.49, p<0.005) and negative correlations between PIIIP and left ventricular fractional shortening (r=-0.31, p<0.05) were found. Delapril hydrochloride reduced PIIIP and LVM and improved cardiac function in hypertensive patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Matoba Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matoba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asaji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takekoshi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007189:Indans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood*; D011347:Procollagen / Q000097:blood*; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D007189:Indans; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011347:Procollagen; C041876:procollagen Type III-N-terminal peptide; C047759:delapril