title: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cardiovascular drugs in chronic heart failure.
abstract: Pharmacotherapy in chronic heart failure (HF) is challenging, due to the diverse neuroendocrine, inflammatory, metabolic and immunological mechanisms involved in its pathogenesis, the presence of co-morbidities and use of multiple therapies. Further, physiological parameters influencing drug pharmacokinetics (PKs) and pharmacodynamics (PDs) may be altered in patients with HF. There is growing evidence that the disease-induced physiological changes may influence the PKs and PDs of all drugs used in patients with HF. Therapeutic approaches should consider all factors that might influence the response to treatment and dosage should be tailored to individual patients. Hence, further studies are required to understand the PK and PD differences between chronic HF patients and healthy subjects. Because PK is difficult to be assessed in the individual patient with HF, PD effects should be used to tailor therapy in patients with HF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Department of Research and Education, General Hospital Celje, Celje, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Electronic address: mitja.lainscak@guest.arnes.si.
authors.forename: Mitja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lainscak
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clinical and Basic Research, Department of Medical Sciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy; Cardiovascular and Cell Science Research, St George's University, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Cristiana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vitale
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Petar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seferovic
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clinical and Basic Research, Department of Medical Sciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Spoletini
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cvan Trobec
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clinical and Basic Research, Department of Medical Sciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy; Cardiovascular and Cell Science Research, St George's University, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Giuseppe M C
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rosano
mesh_terms: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents
keywords: Cardiovascular drugs; Chronic heart failure; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics