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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
A new calcium ion antagonist, gallopamil, 150 mg/day, was compared with propranolol, 240 mg/day, in 20 patients with stable chronic angina. The patients were studied in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover trial. Multistage treadmill exercise with computer-assisted electrocardiographic analysis was performed after 2 weeks of placebo therapy and at the end of each 4-week active treatment period. The mean (+/- standard error of the mean) exercise time to development of angina was 5.4 +/- 0.3 minutes with placebo; this increased to 9.4 +/- 0.7 minutes with propranolol (p less than 0.001) and 10.1 +/- 0.7 minutes with gallopamil (p less than 0.001 vs placebo; difference not significant vs propranolol). Both drugs significantly prolonged the time to development of 1 mm of ST depression. Five patients became free of angina during treadmill testing with gallopamil therapy and 2 with propranolol. Both drugs decreased the heart rate at rest; propranolol also decreased the maximal exercise heart rate, which was slightly increased with gallopamil. With the exception of 1 patient in whom raised liver enzymes developed, gallopamil was well tolerated. Thus, gallopamil is an effective antianginal agent that has few of the unwanted effects associated with other calcium channel-blocking drugs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
684-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Randomized double-blind comparison of gallopamil and propranolol in stable angina pectoris.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study