Time course of improvement in left ventricular function, mass and geometry in patients with congestive heart failure treated with beta-adrenergic blockade.
| Autor: | Hall SA; Echocardiography Laboratory, Dallas Veterans Administration Hospital, Texas., Cigarroa CG, Marcoux L, Risser RC, Grayburn PA, Eichhorn EJ |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology [J Am Coll Cardiol] 1995 Apr; Vol. 25 (5), pp. 1154-61. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0735-1097(94)00543-y |
| Abstrakt: | Objectives: We examined the time course of ventricular functional improvement in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy who received beta-blockade and the long-term effects of beta-blockade on ventricular mass and geometry in these patients. Background: Previous studies have shown that beta-adrenergic blocking agents when administered long term improve ventricular function in patients with heart failure. However, the time course of improvement in ventricular function and the long-term effects of beta-blockade on ventricular mass and geometry are not known. Methods: Twenty-six men with dilated cardiomyopathy underwent serial echocardiography on days 0 and 1 and months 1 and 3 of either metoprolol (n = 16) or standard therapy (n = 10). At 3 months all patients on standard therapy were crossed over to metoprolol, and late echocardiograms were obtained after 18 +/- 5 (mean +/- SD) months of metoprolol therapy. All echocardiograms were read in blinded manner. Results: Patients treated with metoprolol had an initial decline (day 1 vs. day 0) in ventricular function (increase in end-systolic volume and decrease in ejection fraction). Ventricular function improved between months 1 and 3 (p = 0.013, metoprolol vs. standard therapy). Left ventricular mass regressed at 18 months (333 +/- 85 to 275 +/- 53 g, p = 0.011) but not at 3 months. Left ventricular shape became less spherical and assumed a more normal elliptical shape by 18 months (major/minor axis ratio 1.5 +/- 0.2 to 1.7 +/- 0.2, p = 0.0001). Conclusions: Patients with heart failure treated with metoprolol do not demonstrate an improvement in systolic performance until after 1 month of therapy and may have a mild reduction in function initially. Long-term therapy with metoprolol results in a reversal of maladaptive remodeling with reduction in left ventricular volumes, regression of left ventricular mass and improved ventricular geometry by 18 months. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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