(Hypertension. 1997;29:286.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.
Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Lecture |
Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Improves Forearm Reactive Hyperemia in Essential Hypertension
From the Department of Cardiology, Higashiosaka Municipal Central Hospital (H.I., M.N., T.S., K.K., R.M., T.H.), and the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Medical School (J.H., T.O.), Japan.
Correspondence to Masahiro Nagano, MD, Head of the Department of Cardiology Higashiosaka Municipal Central Hospital 2-3-1 Mikuriyaminami, Higashiosaka 577 Japan. E-mail nagano{at}geriat.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Endothelial function is known to be impaired in essential hypertensive patients. In this study, we examined whether antihypertensive drugs improve forearm vasodilatory response to reactive hyperemia in 26 patients with essential hypertension (62±2 years) without diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, or cerebrovascular disease. Antihypertensive drugs were never given or were discontinued for at least 4 weeks before the study. Patients were treated with monotherapy of either temocapril (2 or 4 mg, n= 15) or amlodipine (2.5 or 5 mg, n= 11) for 6 months. Forearm blood flow was measured by strain-gauge plethysmography. Vasodilator response to the release of upper arm compression at 300 mm Hg for 5 minutes and to sublingual administration of nitroglycerin (0.3 mg) were assessed. Changes of forearm blood flow response to reactive hyperemia were significantly less in hypertensive patients (99±18%) than in age-matched normotensive control subjects (150±22%, P<.01, n=39). Blood pressure (mm Hg) was similarly decreased by the treatment with temocapril (160±4/94±2 to 139±3/83±3, P<.001) or amlodipine (165±5/94±3 to 141±4/82±3, P<.001). Response to nitroglycerin was not changed by either drug. Forearm vasodilatory response to reactive hyperemia was improved by temocapril (102±20% to 168±25%, P<.01) but not by amlodipine (97±16% to 114±14%, NS). These results indicate that the treatment with the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor temocapril improved forearm vasodilatory response to reactive hyperemia, suggesting its beneficial effect on endothelial function.
Key Words: amlodipine • antihypertensive drug • atherosclerosis • hyperemia • nitroglycerin • plethysmography • temocapril
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