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Bloqueo no selectivo versus selectivo del receptor beta-adrenérgico en la insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva: efectos
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Winnipeg, Canada.
Circulation
|October 31, 2001
Resumen
El carvedilol, un bloqueador beta no selectivo, reduce la liberación de norepinefrina en pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca, a diferencia del metoprolol. Este efecto simpatoinhibidor está mediado por el bloqueo de los receptores beta-adrenérgicos periféricos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Cardiología Cardiología.
- Farmacología Farmacología.
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
Sus antecedentes:
- La activación del sistema nervioso simpático afecta el pronóstico de la insuficiencia cardíaca crónica.
- Los antagonistas de los receptores beta-adrenérgicos pueden afectar diferencialmente la liberación de norepinefrina.
- Los receptores beta-adrenérgicos preconjuncionales median la liberación de norepinefrina desde las terminales nerviosas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para comparar los efectos del carvedilol no selectivo y el metoprolol selectivo en la actividad del sistema nervioso simpático en la insuficiencia cardíaca crónica.
- Investigar el papel de los receptores beta-adrenérgicos preconjuncionales en la mediación de los efectos simpatoinhibidores.
Principales métodos:
- Estudio aleatorizado, doble ciego de 36 pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca crónica.
- Comparación entre el carvedilol y el metoprolol durante 4 meses.
- Las mediciones incluyeron hemodinámica, derrame de norepinefrina y tráfico nervioso simpático muscular.
Principales resultados:
- El carvedilol redujo significativamente el derrame de norepinefrina sistémica y cardíaca.
- El metoprolol no alteró significativamente el derrame de la norepinefrina.
- Ninguno de los fármacos afectó el tráfico del nervio simpático muscular, pero ambos redujeron la frecuencia cardíaca.
Conclusiones:
- El carvedilol, un bloqueador beta no selectivo, disminuye la liberación de norepinefrina en la insuficiencia cardíaca.
- Este efecto inhibidor de la simpatía no se observa con el metoprolol selectivo.
- El efecto del carvedilol se debe probablemente al bloqueo de los receptores beta-adrenérgicos periféricos y preconjuncionales.
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