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Acute hemodynamic effects of drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin system in acute heart failure.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7850666     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of the renin-angiotensin system in a model of acute heart failure. METHODS: Placebo or drugs (Ro 44-9375, a renin inhibitor; captopril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme [ACE] inhibitor; or DuP 532, an angiotensin II receptor [AT1] antagonist) were given to anesthetized splenectomized dogs (n = 12 for each group) for 50 mins after a volume load (dextran 70, 25 mL/kg over 10 mins) during rapid right ventricular pacing at 250 beats/min. Total vascular compliance and capacitance were determined from mean circulatory filling pressure-blood volume curves during transient circulatory arrests induced by acetylcholine. Cardiac index was measured by thermal dilution. RESULTS: Compared with the untreated group, all three drugs significantly reduced systemic pressure and total peripheral resistance while increasing arterial compliance. Captopril alone increased cardiac index (25 +/- 11 versus -23 +/- 13 mL/kg/min) and reduced pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (16.6 +/- 0.7 versus 21.9 +/- 1.0 mmHg). None of the drugs altered the mean circulatory filling pressure, total vascular compliance or capacitance, stressed or unstressed blood volumes, or central blood volume. CONCLUSION: The renin-angiotensin system is not strongly implicated in the hemodynamic manifestations of this model of acute heart failure. These drugs had effects on the arterial but not the venous side of the circulation. Captopril alone reduced pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, perhaps by nonangiotensin effects.
Authors:
A A Nekooeian; R I Ogilvie; D Zborowska-Sluis
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Canadian journal of cardiology     Volume:  11     ISSN:  0828-282X     ISO Abbreviation:  Can J Cardiol     Publication Date:  1995 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-03-14     Completed Date:  1995-03-14     Revised Date:  2008-04-09    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8510280     Medline TA:  Can J Cardiol     Country:  CANADA    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  59-64     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Clinical Pharmacology Service, Toronto Hospital, Ontario.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology,  therapeutic use*
Animals
Blood Pressure / drug effects,  physiology
Blood Volume / drug effects,  physiology
Captopril / pharmacology,  therapeutic use*
Cardiac Output, Low / physiopathology,  therapy*
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Dogs
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Imidazoles / pharmacology,  therapeutic use*
Male
Receptors, Angiotensin / antagonists & inhibitors*
Renin-Angiotensin System / drug effects*
Stroke Volume / drug effects,  physiology
Tetrazoles / pharmacology,  therapeutic use*
Vascular Resistance / drug effects,  physiology
Ventricular Function, Left / drug effects,  physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; 0/Imidazoles; 0/Receptors, Angiotensin; 0/Tetrazoles; 124750-95-4/DuP 532; 143631-62-3/ciprokiren; 62571-86-2/Captopril

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