血管激素受体阻塞和右心室全身性成人运动能力:一个多中心,随机,安慰剂控制的临床试验
Annie Dore1, Christine Houde, Kwan-Leung Chan
1Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada. annie.dore@icm-mhi.org
Circulation
|October 12, 2005
概括
洛萨坦并没有改善运动能力或降低 NT-proBNP 水平在有系统右心室 (RVs) 的成年人中. 这表明,较少的氨酸- ангиотензин系统激活可能解释了在RV功能障碍中缺乏益处.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 药理学 药理学 是一个学科.
- 临床试验 临床试验
背景情况:
- 宁-血管素系统 (RAS) 阻塞有利于患有左心室功能障碍的患者.
- RAS阻塞对全身右心室 (RVs) 的影响尚不清楚.
- 系统性RV与运动能力受损和心室功能障碍有关.
研究的目的:
- 评估洛萨坦对系统性RVs患者运动能力和神经激素标记物的影响.
- 研究RAS在系统RV病理生理学中的作用.
主要方法:
- 多中心,随机,双盲,安慰剂控制,交叉试验.
- 研究了29名患有系统性RV的成年患者 (21名TGA-Mustard,8名cTGA).
- 评估的VO2max,运动持续时间,N-终端亲脑性尿素 (NT-proBNP) 和血管酶二水平.
主要成果:
- 与安慰剂相比,洛沙坦并没有显著改善VO2max或运动持续时间.
- 洛萨坦和安慰剂组之间没有观察到NT-proBNP水平的显著差异.
- 洛萨坦治疗时观察到血管激素II水平上升的趋势,但不具有统计学意义.
结论:
- 洛萨坦不提高运动能力或减少NT-proBNP在系统性RVs的成年人.
- 最小的基线RAS激活可能解释洛萨坦缺乏疗效.
- 替代性病理生理机制可能是系统性RVs中渐进性心室功能障碍的基础.
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