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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
Circulating free fatty acids (FFAs) may worsen heart failure (HF) due to myocardial lipotoxicity and impaired energy generation. We studied cardiac and whole body effects of 28 days of suppression of circulating FFAs with acipimox in patients with chronic HF. In a randomized double-blind crossover design, 24 HF patients with ischemic heart disease [left ventricular ejection fraction: 26 ± 2%; New York Heart Association classes II (n = 13) and III (n = 5)] received 28 days of acipimox treatment (250 mg, 4 times/day) and placebo. Left ventricular ejection fraction, diastolic function, tissue-Doppler regional myocardial function, exercise capacity, noninvasive cardiac index, NH(2)-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP), and whole body metabolic parameters were measured. Eighteen patients were included for analysis. FFAs were reduced by 27% in the acipimox-treated group [acipimox vs. placebo (day 28-day 0): -0.10 ± 0.03 vs. +0.01 ± 0.03 mmol/l, P < 0.01]. Glucose and insulin levels did not change. Acipimox tended to increase glucose and decrease lipid utilization rates at the whole body level and significantly changed the effect of insulin on substrate utilization. The hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp M value did not differ. Global and regional myocardial function did not differ. Exercise capacity, cardiac index, systemic vascular resistance, and NT-pro-BNP were not affected by treatment. In conclusion, acipimox caused minor changes in whole body metabolism and decreased the FFA supply, but a long-term reduction in circulating FFAs with acipimox did not change systolic or diastolic cardiac function or exercise capacity in patients with HF.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1522-1539
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
299
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1220-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Cross-Over Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Double-Blind Method, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Exercise Tolerance, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Fatty Acids, Nonesterified, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Heart Failure, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Hypolipidemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Pyrazines, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Stroke Volume, pubmed-meshheading:20709866-Vascular Resistance
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Suppression of circulating free fatty acids with acipimox in chronic heart failure patients changes whole body metabolism but does not affect cardiac function.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark. MSHL@ki.au.dk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't