Abstract
Recently, different beta-blockers have been shown to be effective in the treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF), but the importance of their ancillary properties is not clear. Epanolol is a selective beta1-blocker with intrinsic sympathomimetic activity, which has been shown useful in angina pectoris, but its value in patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and CHF is unknown. We examined the effects of epanolol in patients with LV dysfunction (n = 8; mean LV ejection fraction, 0.33 +/- 0.08) and compared them with patients with normal LV function (n = 8; mean LV ejection fraction, 0.52 +/- 0.04). Measurement of invasive hemodynamics and neurohormones was performed at rest and during myocardial ischemia, which was induced by atrial pacing. All measurements were performed before and after epanolol. Before epanolol, pacing-induced ischemia led to a similar increase in norepinephrine and coronary sinus blood flow in both groups. After epanolol, the increase in neurohormones was more pronounced in the group with LV dysfunction (norepinephrine, 1,130 +/- 164 pg/ml for patients with LV dysfunction vs. 637 +/- 41 pg/ml for normal subjects; p < 0.05). A similar effect was observed for angiotensin II. Further, in the LV-dysfun...Continue Reading
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