Antihypertensive therapy with diltiazem and comparison with hydrochlorothiazide |
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Authors: | I K Inouye B M Massie N Benowitz P Simpson D Loge |
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Institution: | From the Cardiology Section of the Veterans Administration Medical Center, the Clinical Pharmacology Section, and the Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute of the University of California, San Francisco, California USA |
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Abstract: | Fourteen hypertensive patients with a mean sitting systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) of 153 +/- 16/100 +/- 4 mm Hg were treated successively with hydrochlorothiazide and diltiazem for 8 weeks each. The BP response and changes in heart rate, left ventricular size and function, and plasma catecholamine concentrations and renin activity were monitored. The 2 drugs had comparable antihypertensive effects, with mean decreases of 14, 9 and 11 mm Hg for the sitting, standing and supine diastolic BP, respectively, during hydrochlorothiazide treatment and mean decreases of 16, 18 and 12 mm Hg during diltiazem treatment. Heart rate was unchanged, although plasma norepinephrine concentrations increased significantly during diltiazem treatment. Plasma renin activity increased slightly, from 0.6 to 0.9 ng/ml/hour during diltiazem treatment, but the change was not significant (p less than 0.10). Left ventricular ejection fraction and end-diastolic volume were not affected by either agent. In conclusion, diltiazem is an effective antihypertensive agent, which because of its benign side effect profile, may be useful as a step 1 agent. |
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Keywords: | Address for reprints: Barry M Massie MD Veterans Administration Medical Center Department of Cardiology (111C) 4150 Clement Street San Francisco California 94143 |
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