Effects of eprosartan on diastolic function and neurohormones in patients with hypertension and diastolic dysfunction.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the effects of an angiotensin receptor blocker(ARB)-based regimen versus a non-ARB based regimen on diastolic function and neurohormones in patients with hypertension and diastolic dysfunction.


METHODS
97 patients with a systolic blood pressure (SBP) > or =140 mmHg, a left ventricular ejection fraction >0.50, and echocardiographic evidence of diastolic dysfunction were randomly assignment to open-label treatment with eprosartan (with other anti-hypertensives; n = 47) or other anti-hypertensives alone (n = 50). Echocardiography, including tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), and neurohormones were done at baseline and after 6 months.


RESULTS
Mean age was 65 (+/-10) years and 64% was female. During 6 months of treatment, SBP decreased from 157 +/- 16 to 145 +/- 18 mmHg in the eprosartan group and from 158 +/- 17 to 141 +/- 18 mmHg in the control group (both p < 0.001; p = ns between groups). Diastolic function was unaffected in both groups and there was no correlation between changes in SBP and changes in mean TDI (r = -0.06; p = 0.58). Aldosterone levels decreased in the eprosartan group, but other neurohormones remained largely unchanged. Change in SBP was however related to the change in NT-proBNP (r = 0.26; p = 0.019).


CONCLUSIONS
Lowering blood pressure, either with eprosartan or other anti-hypertensives in hypertensive patients with diastolic dysfunction did not change diastolic function after 6 months of treatment, but was associated with a decrease of NT-proBNP.
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, RB, The Netherlands. a.a.voors@thorax.umcg.nl
Adriaan A
AA
Voors
Ruud M
RM
van de Wal
Jasper W L
JW
Hartog
Richard G
RG
Vijn
Yoran M
YM
Hummel
Thijs W M
TW
Plokker
Dirk J
DJ
van Veldhuisen
Wybren
W
Jaarsma
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