Abstract:
:Forty-seven patients with primary pulmonary hypertension were evaluated with a dose titration protocol utilizing nifedipine (20 mg orally) or diltiazem (60 mg orally) given every hour until maximal effectiveness was achieved. Of the patients tested, 15 (32%) had a greater than 20% reduction in pulmonary artery pressure (mean 36.2 +/- 8%, p less than 0.01) and pulmonary vascular resistance (mean 50.2 +/- 7%, p less than 0.01) (pressure responders). Nineteen (40%) had a greater than 20% reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance (mean 25.2 +/- 12%, p less than 0.01), with less than a 20% decrease in pulmonary artery pressure (resistance responders). Ten had no significant change in pulmonary artery pressure or pulmonary vascular resistance (nonresponders), and three were unable to tolerate the calcium channel blocking agents. No hemodynamic profile allowed prediction of the type of response to these agents. No mortality or serious morbidity was associated with the drug testing. These findings indicate that calcium channel blockers, when titrated to maximally effective doses, may cause substantial reductions in pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension. Testing with hemodynamic monitoring is necessary to ascertain which patients will respond. Patients with primary pulmonary hypertension are able to tolerate short-term administration of high doses of calcium channel blockers.
journal_name
J Am Coll Cardioljournal_title
Journal of the American College of Cardiologyauthors
Rich S,Kaufmann Edoi
10.1016/0735-1097(91)90556-osubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-11-01 00:00:00pages
1323-7issue
5eissn
0735-1097issn
1558-3597pii
0735-1097(91)90556-Ojournal_volume
18pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.079
更新日期:2015-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.038
更新日期:2007-01-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00423-9
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.091
更新日期:2013-07-02 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.11.074
更新日期:2008-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.061
更新日期:2018-04-03 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2004.12.075
更新日期:2005-05-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.09.049
更新日期:2011-02-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.862
更新日期:2015-11-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00188-5
更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(00)01138-4
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.07.018
更新日期:2015-09-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(91)90643-n
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.039
更新日期:2010-02-23 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(89)90507-x
更新日期:1989-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.002
更新日期:2018-05-29 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2011.01.049
更新日期:2011-09-13 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.04.030
更新日期:2018-06-12 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(91)90731-n
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.041
更新日期:2005-12-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.1049
更新日期:2019-11-12 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(87)80165-1
更新日期:1987-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2019-07-30 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.02.035
更新日期:2007-04-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2003.06.004
更新日期:2003-11-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.09.055
更新日期:2011-02-22 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.087
更新日期:2015-12-22 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(95)00551-x
更新日期:1996-03-15 00:00:00