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  • Title: Long-term oral administration of dipyridamole improves both cardiac and physical status in patients with mild to moderate chronic heart failure: a prospective open-randomized study.
    Author: Sanada S, Asanuma H, Koretsune Y, Watanabe K, Nanto S, Awata N, Hoki N, Fukunami M, Kitakaze M, Hori M.
    Journal: Hypertens Res; 2007 Oct; 30(10):913-9. PubMed ID: 18049022.
    Abstract:
    Adenosine is known as an endogenous cardioprotectant. We previously reported that plasma adenosine levels increase in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), and that a treatment that further elevates plasma adenosine levels may improve the pathophysiology of CHF. Therefore, we performed a prospective, open-randomized clinical trial to determine whether or not exposure to dipyridamole for 1 year improves CHF pathophysiology compared with conventional treatments. The study enrolled 28 patients (mean+/-SEM: 66+/-4 years of age) attending specialized CHF outpatient clinics with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or III, no major complications, and stable CHF status during the most recent 6 months under fixed medications. They were randomized into three groups with or without dipyridamole (Control: n=9; 75 mg/day: n=9; 300 mg/day: n=10) in addition to their original medications and were followed up for 1 year. The other drugs were not altered. Among the enrolled patients, 100%, 4%, 100%, and 79% received angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, aldosterone analogue, loop diuretics, and beta-adrenoceptor blocker, respectively. Fifteen patients suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy, and 7/3/3 patients suffered from ischemic/valvular/hypertensive heart diseases, respectively. Mean blood pressure was comparable among the groups. While the baseline conditions were comparable, we found that echocardiographic ejection fraction (p<0.01 vs. baseline, p<0.01 vs. Control), left ventricular systolic diameter (p<0.05, p<0.05), Specific Activity Scale (SAS) score (p<0.05, p<0.01), maximal oxygen consumption (p<0.05, p<0.05) and plasma B-type natriuretic peptide level (p<0.01, p<0.01) were significantly improved in patients with dipyridamole after 1 year, generally in a dose-dependent manner. Therefore, we suggest that an additional administration of dipyridamole further improves CHF pathophysiology.
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