Effects of long-term combined dosing with nicardipine and propranolol on coronary hemodynamics, myocardial metabolism, and exercise tolerance in patients with angina pectoris: comparison with monotherapy.

Hanet, Claude;Pouleur, H.;Harlow, B J;Rousseau, Michel
(1988) American Heart Journal — Vol. 116, n° 2 Pt 1, p. 431-439 (1988)

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  • Hanet, Claudeorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Pouleur, H.
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  • Harlow, B J
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  • Rousseau, MichelUCLouvain
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To determine whether the association of nicardipine with propranolol had additive effects on myocardial metabolism, 16 patients with angina pectoris were studied invasively before and after 1 month of therapy with a combination of nicardipine and propranolol and compared to a group of 42 patients treated with nicardipine (n = 17) or propranolol (n = 25) alone. When data were compared at a fixed heart rate (atrial pacing), mean blood pressure was reduced with combined treatment from 96 +/- 19 to 76 +/- 13 mm Hg (p less than 0.003). Myocardial oxygen uptake and coronary sinus flow decreased significantly from 20 +/- 9 to 14 +/- 6 ml/min (p less than 0.015) and from 152 to 111 ml/min (p less than 0.05), respectively. The arterio-coronary sinus difference in oxygen content also decreased (13.3 to 12.5 ml/dl; p less than 0.0025), suggesting an improved balance between oxygen supply and demand. Such changes in coronary blood flow and myocardial oxygen uptake were not observed in the group of patients assigned to monotherapy. Lactate uptake rose and the abnormal glutamine production, which worsened with propranolol monotherapy, improved with nicardipine and propranolol (-2.0 to -1.4 mumol/min; p less than 0.05 vs propranolol). The superiority of nicardipine and propranolol over propranolol monotherapy was maintained during a pacing stress test. Thus the combination of nicardipine with a beta blocker had greater oxygen-sparing effects and restored aerobic metabolism better than either drug alone, allowing optimal use of the coronary reserve.
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Hanet, C., Pouleur, H., Harlow, B. J., & Rousseau, M. (1988). Effects of long-term combined dosing with nicardipine and propranolol on coronary hemodynamics, myocardial metabolism, and exercise tolerance in patients with angina pectoris: comparison with monotherapy. American Heart Journal, 116(2 Pt 1), 431-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-8703(88)90615-1 (Original work published 1988)