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European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on April 4, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm048
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Evaluation of cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and left ventricular remodelling in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy on the treatment containing carvedilol

Shu Kasama1,*, Takuji Toyama1, Takashi Hatori1, Hiroyuki Sumino2, Hisao Kumakura2, Yoshiaki Takayama2, Shuichi Ichikawa2, Tadashi Suzuki1 and Masahiko Kurabayashi1

1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-0034, Japan
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Hospital of Central Japan, Gunma, Japan

Received 18 February 2006; revised 2 February 2007; accepted 1 March 2007.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +81 27 220 8145/+81 277 54 5344 (home); fax: +81 27 220 8158. E-mail address: s-kasama{at}bay.wind.ne.jp

Aims: It has been reported that carvedilol improves cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (CSNA) in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). However, the influence of carvedilol on cardiac 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphic findings and left ventricular (LV) remodelling has not been determined in DCM patients.

Methods and results: In 30 patients with DCM and 10 normal controls, the delayed heart/mediastinum count (H/M) ratio, delayed total defect score (TDS), and washout rate (WR) were determined by 123I-MIBG scintigraphy. In addition, the left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), LV end-systolic volume (LVESV), and LV ejection fraction (LVEF) were calculated by echocardiography. In the DCM patients, the regional defect score index (RDSI), regional washout rate index (RWRI), and wall motion score index (WMSI) were also determined to evaluate regional adrenergic dysfunction and wall motion. Examinations were repeated in all DCM patients after standard treatment containing carvedilol at a dose of 10–20 mg/day (mean dose: 16 ± 4 mg/day) for a mean of 12 ± 1 months. Both the 123I-MIBG scintigraphic and echocardiographic parameters were significantly worse in the DCM patients than the normal control subjects. After treatment, all of these parameters improved significantly in the DCM patients. There was a significant correlation between the changes of 123I-MIBG findings and changes of the LVEDV and LVESV after treatment. Moreover, there was a significant correlation between changes of the WMSI and those of the RDSI or RWRI in DCM patients.

Conclusion: Both 123I-MIBG scintigraphic parameters and echocardiographic parameters were improved in the DCM patients. There was a significant correlation between the changes of 123I-MIBG scintigraphic and echocardiographic findings after treatment. These findings implicate that long-term, including carvedilol, therapy can improve both CSNA and LV remodelling in patients with DCM.

Key Words: 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine • Dilated cardiomyopathy • Carvedilol


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