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Hemodynamic characterization of tolerance to long-term hydralazine therapy in severe chronic heart failure.

We performed hemodynamic studies in 11 patients with severe chronic heart failure whose symptoms had returned to their pretreatment status after 37 +/- 15 weeks (mean +/- S.E.M.) of therapy with the vasodilator hydralazine. The cardiac index increased from 1.85 to 3.47 liters per minute per square meter of body-surface area, and systemic vascular resistance decreased from 1748 to 754 dyn . sec. cm-5 (both p less than 0.01) during initial hydralazine administration but returned to pretreatment values on repeat evaluation; withdrawal of the drug produced no hemodynamic deterioration. Responsiveness to hydralazine could not be restored by doubling the oral dose or by intravenous administration; tolerance was associated with fluid retention in five patients but was not reversed by intensive diuresis. In contrast, the responses to nitroprusside evaluated before and after the development of hydralazine tolerance were unaltered; other oral vasodilators were still effective. We conclude that drug-specific tolerance may account for the lack of clinical improvement in some patients with severe heart failure who receive long-term treatment with hydralazine.[1]

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  1. Hemodynamic characterization of tolerance to long-term hydralazine therapy in severe chronic heart failure. Packer, M., Meller, J., Medina, N., Yushak, M., Gorlin, R. N. Engl. J. Med. (1982) [Pubmed]
 
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