| Improvement in depressed cardiac function in hypertensive patients during pindolol treatment. | |
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PMID: 6691357 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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To assess changes in left ventricular function during antihypertensive treatment using pindolol, a beta-adrenocepter blocking drug with potent intrinsic sympathomimetic activity, serial echocardiographic measurements were obtained in 70 hypertensive patients before and during 15 weeks of treatment with pindolol. For analysis, the patients were separated into three groups on the basis of their baseline left ventricular fractional shortening (Group I, 35 patients with normal fractional shortening of 28 percent or more; Group II, 16 patients with abnormal fractional shortening of 21 to 27 percent; and Group III, 19 patients with markedly abnormal fractional shortening of 20 percent or less). More than half of the patients in Group I and Group II had decreases in mean blood pressure of 10 percent or more in response to pindolol, but only one fourth of Group III patients had similar responses (p less than 0.05). Patients with normal pretreatment fractional shortening had a mild decrease in fractional shortening during pindolol treatment, whereas patients with either abnormal or markedly abnormal fractional shortening had an increase in fractional shortening. This increase in fractional shortening suggests the possibility that the partial agonist or intrinsic sympathomimetic activity of pindolol may play a role in preserving left ventricular function in patients with borderline or impaired function. |
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Authors:
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G D Plotnick; M L Fisher; B Wohl; J H Hamilton; B P Hamilton |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of medicine Volume: 76 ISSN: 0002-9343 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Med. Publication Date: 1984 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1984-02-14 Completed Date: 1984-02-14 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0267200 Medline TA: Am J Med Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 25-30 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Adult Aged Blood Pressure / drug effects* Echocardiography Heart Rate / drug effects* Humans Hypertension / drug therapy*, physiopathology Male Middle Aged Pindolol / therapeutic use* |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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13523-86-9/Pindolol |
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