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Blunted increase in plasma adenosine levels following dipyridamole stress in dilated cardiomyopathy patients.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Heart failure is characterized by chronically increased adenosine levels, which are thought to express a protective anti-heart failure activation of the adenosinergic system. The aim of the study was to assess whether the activation of adenosinergic system in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) can be mirrored by a blunted increase in plasma adenosine concentration following dipyridamole stress, which accumulates endogenous adenosine. METHODS:Two groups were studied: IDC patients (n = 19, seven women, mean age 60 +/- 12 years) with angiographically confirmed normal coronary arteries and left ventricular ejection fraction <35%; and normal controls (n = 15, six women, mean age 68 +/- 5 years). Plasma adenosine was assessed by high-performance liquid chromatography methods in blood samples from peripheral vein at baseline and 12 min after dipyridamole infusion (0.84 mg kg-1 in 10 min). RESULTS:At baseline, IDC patients showed higher plasma adenosine levels than controls (276 +/- 27 nM L-1 vs. 208 +/- 48 nM L-1, P < 0.001). Following dipyridamole, IDC patients showed lower plasma adenosine levels than controls (322 +/- 56 nM L-1 vs. 732 +/- 250 nM L-1, P < 0.001). The dipyridamole-induced percentage increase in plasma adenosine over baseline was 17% in IDC and 251% in controls (P < 0.001). By individual patient analysis, 18 IDC patients exceeded (over the upper limit) the 95% confidence limits for normal plasma adenosine levels at baseline, and all 19 exceeded (below the lower limit) the 95% confidence limits for postdipyridamole plasma adenosine levels found in normal subjects. CONCLUSION:Patients with IDC have abnormally high baseline adenosine levels and--even more strikingly--blunted plasma adenosine increase following dipyridamole infusion. This is consistent with a chronic activation of the adenosinergic system present in IDC, which can be measured noninvasively in the clinical theatre.

journal_name

J Intern Med

journal_title

Journal of internal medicine

authors

Laghi-Pasini F,Guideri F,Petersen C,Lazzerini PE,Sicari R,Capecchi PL,Picano E

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2796.2003.01234.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-12-01 00:00:00

pages

591-6

issue

eissn

0954-6820

issn

1365-2796

pii

1234

journal_volume

254

pub_type

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Blunted increase in plasma adenosine levels following dipyridamole stress in dilated cardiomyopathy patients.