Anthony A Bavry1, Eileen M Handberg2, Tianyao Huo2, Amir Lerman3, Arshed A Quyyumi4, Chrisandra Shufelt5, Barry Sharaf6, C Noel Bairey Merz5, Rhonda M Cooper-DeHoff7, George Sopko8, Carl J Pepine2. 1. North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: anthony.bavry@medicine.ufl.edu. 2. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL. 3. Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. 4. Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. 5. Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA. 6. Division of Cardiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. 7. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL; Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, FL. 8. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, Bethesda, MD.
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Endothelial dysfunction is highly prevalent and associated with adverse outcomes among patients without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Angiotensin II inhibition may improve endothelial function, but with continued treatment, "aldosterone escape" may occur. Thus, it is unknown if adding aldosterone blockade further improves endothelial function. METHODS: In a double-blind, parallel-group, repeated-measures study, women with symptoms and signs of ischemia, no significant CAD, and coronary endothelial dysfunction receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or receptor blocker were randomized toaldosterone blockade or placebo. The primary outcome at 16 weeks was percent change in coronary diameter to acetylcholine, and secondary outcome, coronary flow reserve to adenosine, both adjusted for baseline reactivity. RESULTS:Forty-one women completed the treatment period with repeat coronary reactivity testing. Their mean age was 54 ± 10 years; body mass index, 30 ± 7.4 kg/m2; 12% had diabetes; and 15% had metabolic syndrome. There were no significant differences between treatment groups. At baseline, the percent change in reference vessel coronary diameter to acetylcholine was -5.0% in the aldosterone blockade group and -3.4% in the placebo group and, at 16 weeks, -7.2% in the aldosterone blockade group versus -14.3% in the placebo group (P = .15). At 16 weeks, the change in coronary flow reserve to intracoronary adenosine was -0.13 in the aldosterone blockade group versus -0.25 in the placebo group (P = .66). CONCLUSION: Adding aldosterone receptor blockade to angiotensin II inhibition did not improve coronary endothelial or microvascular function among women with signs and symptoms of ischemia in the setting of nonobstructive CAD.
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UNLABELLED: Endothelial dysfunction is highly prevalent and associated with adverse outcomes among patients without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Angiotensin II inhibition may improve endothelial function, but with continued treatment, "aldosterone escape" may occur. Thus, it is unknown if adding aldosterone blockade further improves endothelial function. METHODS: In a double-blind, parallel-group, repeated-measures study, women with symptoms and signs of ischemia, no significant CAD, and coronary endothelial dysfunction receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or receptor blocker were randomized to aldosterone blockade or placebo. The primary outcome at 16 weeks was percent change in coronary diameter to acetylcholine, and secondary outcome, coronary flow reserve to adenosine, both adjusted for baseline reactivity. RESULTS: Forty-one women completed the treatment period with repeat coronary reactivity testing. Their mean age was 54 ± 10 years; body mass index, 30 ± 7.4 kg/m2; 12% had diabetes; and 15% had metabolic syndrome. There were no significant differences between treatment groups. At baseline, the percent change in reference vessel coronary diameter to acetylcholine was -5.0% in the aldosterone blockade group and -3.4% in the placebo group and, at 16 weeks, -7.2% in the aldosterone blockade group versus -14.3% in the placebo group (P = .15). At 16 weeks, the change in coronary flow reserve to intracoronary adenosine was -0.13 in the aldosterone blockade group versus -0.25 in the placebo group (P = .66). CONCLUSION: Adding aldosterone receptor blockade to angiotensin II inhibition did not improve coronary endothelial or microvascular function among women with signs and symptoms of ischemia in the setting of nonobstructive CAD.
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