OBJECTIVE:Levosimendan is indicated for acute heart failure. The formation of levosimendan's active metabolite OR-1896 is dependent on the acetylator status. We evaluated whether acetylator status affects the hemodynamic responses after levosimendan infusion. METHODS:Forty-one NYHA III to IV heart failure patients were divided into rapid and slow acetylators by population kinetic modeling. Invasive hemodynamics and plasma concentrations of levosimendan and its metabolites were followed serially. RESULTS: Fifty-six percent of the patients were rapid and 44% slow acetylators. Levosimendan induced increases in heart rate and cardiac output, and decreases in pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and blood pressure, which were sustained at 24 hours after stopping the infusion. At this time, levosimendan levels were undetectable, and OR-1896 levels were about two-fold higher in rapid acetylators. However, hemodynamic effects were similar; mean(SEM) change from baseline in cardiac output was +2.0(0.3) vs. +1.6(0.3) l/min (p = 0.309), and in PCWP -8(2) vs. -7(1) mmHg (p = 0.536), in rapid and slow acetylators, respectively. CONCLUSION: The sustained hemodynamic effects of levosimendan are similar irrespective of acetylator status.
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OBJECTIVE:Levosimendan is indicated for acute heart failure. The formation of levosimendan's active metabolite OR-1896 is dependent on the acetylator status. We evaluated whether acetylator status affects the hemodynamic responses after levosimendan infusion. METHODS: Forty-one NYHA III to IV heart failurepatients were divided into rapid and slow acetylators by population kinetic modeling. Invasive hemodynamics and plasma concentrations of levosimendan and its metabolites were followed serially. RESULTS: Fifty-six percent of the patients were rapid and 44% slow acetylators. Levosimendan induced increases in heart rate and cardiac output, and decreases in pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and blood pressure, which were sustained at 24 hours after stopping the infusion. At this time, levosimendan levels were undetectable, and OR-1896 levels were about two-fold higher in rapid acetylators. However, hemodynamic effects were similar; mean(SEM) change from baseline in cardiac output was +2.0(0.3) vs. +1.6(0.3) l/min (p = 0.309), and in PCWP -8(2) vs. -7(1) mmHg (p = 0.536), in rapid and slow acetylators, respectively. CONCLUSION: The sustained hemodynamic effects of levosimendan are similar irrespective of acetylator status.
Authors: Ammar Al-Chalabi; Pamela Shaw; P Nigel Leigh; Leonard van den Berg; Orla Hardiman; Albert Ludolph; Valtteri V Aho; Toni Sarapohja; Mikko Kuoppamäki Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry Date: 2019-07-17 Impact factor: 10.154