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  • Title: Serial measurements of systolic time intervals during treatment with hydrochlorothiazide alone and combined with other antihypertensive agents.
    Author: Kyle MC, Freis ED.
    Journal: Am J Cardiol; 1985 Jan 01; 55(1):107-11. PubMed ID: 3966370.
    Abstract:
    As part of the Veterans Administration cooperative studies on antihypertensive agents, systolic time intervals (STIs) were recorded before and after 2 or 4 weeks of treatment with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) alone in 320 asymptomatic patients with mild to moderate hypertension. After treatment with HCTZ, left ventricular ejection time corrected for heart rate (delta LVET) was significantly reduced. This decrease is consistent with other hemodynamic observations indicating a reduced preload and stroke volume after administration of thiazides. Electromechanical systole corrected for heart rate (delta QS2) decreased, while the ratio of preejection period to LVET (PEP/LVET) increased, reflecting reduced left ventricular function. PEP did not change. Four step 2 drugs--hydralazine, prazosin, oxprenolol and propranolol--were then added randomly to HCTZ and further recordings of STIs were taken at 1 and 6 months after administration of these drugs. The delta LVET and delta QS2 increased and PEP/LVET decreased, suggesting improved left ventricular function after administration of all 4 agents. These changes may have been due to the added agents or to the recovery of cardiac output that occurs independently during long-term treatment with thiazide diuretic drugs alone. PEP decreased slightly after hydralazine and prazosin and increased slightly after treatment with the beta-blocking drugs, although none of these changes were significant except those during hydralazine treatment. Processing of the STIs was greatly facilitated by the automated system for recording and analyzing the measurements.
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