Effects of nitrate therapy on ventricular remodeling and function.
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| Abstract |
The hypothesis that nitrates might effectively limit left ventricular remodeling and improve function after acute myocardial infarction has been tested in experimental and clinical models, with special attention to the pathophysiologic evolution of remodeling. In 1 clinical study, before the thrombolytic era, the effects of low-dose intravenous nitroglycerin infusion for the first 48 hours during acute myocardial infarction was evaluated in a prospective, randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled study of 310 patients (154 nitroglycerin; 156 placebo). Nitroglycerin proved to be safe and produced several benefits compared with placebo: (1) smaller infarct size; (2) less left ventricular dysfunction; (3) less infarct expansion and thinning; (4) better functional status; (5) fewer in-hospital complications such as left ventricular failure, left ventricular thrombus, cardiogenic shock, and infarct extension; and (6) fewer deaths up to 1 year. Two subsequent clinical studies in the thrombolytic era, with low-dose intravenous nitroglycerin infusion during infarction over the first 48 hours followed by buccal nitrate (eccentric dose regimen) or placebo during healing over 6 weeks postinfarction, indicated that prolonged nitrate therapy effectively limited left ventricular remodeling and improved function further compared with placebo.
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| Authors | B I Jugdutt |
| Journal | The American journal of cardiology (Am J Cardiol) Vol. 72 Issue 19 Pg. 161G-168G (Dec 16 1993) ISSN: 0002-9149 [Print] United States |
| PMID | 8279353 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review) |
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