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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of nicorandil on myocardial perfusion in ischaemic heart disease has been studied using exercise-load T1-201 myocardial SPECT (Ex-SPECT). Ex-SPECT was carried out in 12 patients with previous myocardial infarction (OMI) and 9 with angina pectoris (AP) before and after administration of nicorandil 15 mg/day, for three or more weeks; % T1 uptake and the washout rate in infarcted or ischaemic areas were calculated from short axial images using the Bull's eye method. In the OMI group, % T1 uptake and washout rates in the infarction areas improved significantly from 52.4% and 0.25 before nicorandil to 60.4% and 0.38 after it. In the AP group, too, % T1 uptake and washout rates showed a significant improvement from 56.9% and 0.10 before to 69.1% and 0.33 after administration. Six subjects who had not received the drug, and who showed negative washout rates, had high improvement rates when nicorandil was administered, suggesting that the drug could increase myocardial perfusion during exercise loading as well as suppressing coronary spasm. Ex-SPECT was done in 4 subjects before and after nicorandil and after subsequent surgical treatment (PTCA or CABG) and the effects of the two therapies were compared. The washout rate was improved from 0.01 to 0.34 by administration of nicorandil, and a notable increase in coronary artery blood flow was achieved compared to the level after surgical treatment, i.e. 0.50. It was concluded that, normal dosages of nicorandil have a powerful direct effect of dilating the coronary arteries without any influence on preload or afterload.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0031-6970
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Angina Pectoris, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Coronary Artery Bypass, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Coronary Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Exercise Test, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Myocardial Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Myocardial Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Niacinamide, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Nicorandil, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Thallium Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, pubmed-meshheading:8491233-Vasodilator Agents
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Study of the efficacy of nicorandil in patients with ischaemic heart disease using Exercise-T1-201 myocardial tomography.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Case Reports