Effect of verapamil and nifedipine on left ventricular function at rest and during exercise in patients with Prinzmetal''s variant angina pectoris |
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Authors: | S M Johnson D R Mauritson J Corbett G J Dehmer S E Lewis J T Willerson L D Hillis |
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Affiliation: | From the Department of internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) and Radiology (Nuclear Medicine), the University of Texas Health Science Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA |
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Abstract: | To assess the effects of verapamil and nifedipine on left ventricular function at rest and during exercise in patients with Prinzmetal's variant angina pectoris, 10 patients (6 men and 4 women with a mean age of 52 years) with variant angina were each treated for 2 month periods with placebo, verapamil (400 ± 80 mg/day, mean ± standard deviation [SD]) and nifedipine (82 ± 31 mg/day). During the final week of each 2 month treatment period equilibrium gated blood pool scintigraphy was performed at rest and during exercise. At rest, heart rate during verapamil therapy was lower than during treatment with nifedipine; systolic blood pressure and left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction were similar for the three interventions. The maximal work load achieved was similar during placebo, verapamil and nifedipine therapy. At the maximal work load common to all three exercise studies, heart rate and systolic blood pressure were lower with verapamil than with placebo and nifedipine; ventricular volumes and ejection fraction were similar with the three agents. Thus, in patients with variant angina and a wide range of left ventricular function at rest, neither verapamil nor nifedipine significantly alters left ventricular volumes or ejection fraction at rest or during exercise. |
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Keywords: | Address for reprints: L. David Hillis MD Room L5-134 University of Texas Health Science Center 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard Dallas Texas 75235. |
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