Abstract |
This study evaluated the effect of long-term antihypertensive therapy with indenolol, a beta blocking agent with beta 2 stimulating activity, its antihypertensive hemodynamic mechanism and its effect on hypertensive left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. Fourteen hypertensive patients, mean age of 48 years, were serially studied during 12- month therapy with indenolol (60-120 mg daily), by recording blood pressure, electrocardiogram and echocardiogram. Blood pressure, heart rate and cardiac output significantly decreased after 1 months of therapy, LV posterior wall thickness decreased after 6 months, interventricular septum thickness and LV mass decreased after 12 months. LV fractional shortening did not change throughout the study. Blood pressure normalized (less than or equal to 140/90 mmHg) in 50% of the patients; LV mass normalized in 40% of the patients. In conclusion, indenolol was an effective antihypertensive agent, also in the long-term treatment. Its antihypertensive hemodynamic effect seems to be due mainly to a reduction in cardiac output. Indenolol caused a regression of LV hypertensive hypertrophy without impairment of LV systolic function.
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Authors | F Sau, C Seguro, C Lai, E Orani, A Soro, E Onnis, A Cherchi |
Journal | Cardiologia (Rome, Italy)
(Cardiologia)
Vol. 35
Issue 11
Pg. 925-30
(Nov 1990)
ISSN: 0393-1978 [Print] Italy |
Vernacular Title | Effetti dell'indenololo sulla massa ventricolare sinistra nei pazienti affetti da ipertensione arteriosa essenziale. |
PMID | 2151570
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Antihypertensive Agents
- Indenes
- Propanolamines
- indenolol
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Topics |
- Adult
- Antihypertensive Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Cardiomegaly
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Echocardiography
- Female
- Hemodynamics
- Humans
- Hypertension
(complications, drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Indenes
(therapeutic use)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Propanolamines
(therapeutic use)
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