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  • Title: Nifedipine improves left ventricular function in patients with hypertension.
    Author: Zusman RM, Christensen DM, Higgins J, Boucher CA.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Pharmacol; 1991 Dec; 18(6):843-8. PubMed ID: 1725896.
    Abstract:
    The effects of the nifedipine gastrointestinal therapeutic system (GITS) on blood pressure (BP), systemic vascular resistance (SVR), and left ventricular (LV) performance were determined in eight patients with essential hypertension. LV systolic and diastolic performance were assessed by first-pass radionuclide cineangiography at rest and during upright bicycle exercise after initial and long-term BP reduction. After initial treatment, end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) increased in association with an increase in stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and peak ejection rate. After long-term treatment, LVEDV decreased, SV and CO returned to pretreatment values, early diastolic filling fraction increased, and time to peak filling rate decreased. These hemodynamic changes are consistent with an initial predominant effect of vasodilation on LV function. With long-term treatment, the effects on LV diastolic performance are consistent with a positive lusitropic effect of nifedipine GITS. Nifedipine GITS is an effective agent for control of hypertension; its hemodynamic effects are consistent with both an effect on SVR due to decreased vascular smooth muscle contraction and a direct lusitropic effect on myocardial function.
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