Double-blind trial of the long-term effects of acebutolol and propranolol on serum lipoproteins in patients with stable angina pectoris.
In order to evaluate the long-term effects of propranolol and acebutolol on serum lipoprotein lipids, a double-blind clinical trial was carried out. Fifteen patients with stable angina pectoris, aged 32 to 79 years (mean = 53), were randomized to propranolol (80 to 160 mg/day) or acebutolol (400 mg/day) treatment groups, and followed for approximately 1 year (mean = 371 days). Blood was collected on the day treatment was begun, after approximately 5 months (mean = 158 days), and on completion of the trial. Very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) (alpha less than 1.006), low-density lipoproteins (LDL) (1.006 to 1.063), and high-density lipoproteins (HDL) (1.063 to 1.125 [HDL2] and 1.125 to 1.21 [HDL3]) were isolated by sequential preparative ultracentrifugation, and their cholesterol and triglyceride quantified by enzymic procedures. After 1 year propranolol had raised the mean VLDL triglyceride concentration by 79% (p less than 0.005) and had lowered total HDL cholesterol by 24% (p less than 0.005). As LDL cholesterol was unchanged, the LDL cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio was increased by 26% (p less than 0.005). Mean values at 5 months were intermediate between those at baseline and those at 1 year. In contrast to these changes, acebutolol had no significant effect on any measured lipoprotein lipid.[1]References
- Double-blind trial of the long-term effects of acebutolol and propranolol on serum lipoproteins in patients with stable angina pectoris. Miller, N.E., Nanjee, M.N., Rajput-Williams, J., Coltart, D.J. Am. Heart J. (1987) [Pubmed]
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