Abstract
The pharmacology characteristics of dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (CCB) make them an attractive antihypertensive medication for use in the perioperative setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. They lack the negative inotropic, negative chronotropic, and negative bathmotropic effects of phenylalkylamine and benzothiazepine CCB that limit the use in patients with heart failure or patients with bradyarrythmias. With the aging population and significant rise in the prevalence of heart failure, the use of dihydropyridine CCB as antihypertensive medication after CABG surgery has become more common. Furthermore, intravenous dihydropyridine CCB are being used in the perioperative setting as vasodilatory agents after radial artery harvesting for total arterial coronary revascularization. We review the pharmacological effects of intravenous dihydropyridine CCB, analyze the literature, and comment on the consequences in modern clinical practice.
Keywords: Coronary artery bypass graft, complications, hypertension, calcium channel blockers, afterload reduction
Current Vascular Pharmacology
Title: The Role of Intravenous Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers in the Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Volume: 6 Issue: 3
Author(s): Ali Khoynezhad, Paul P. Dobesh, Zachary Stacy and Ziba Jalali
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Keywords: Coronary artery bypass graft, complications, hypertension, calcium channel blockers, afterload reduction
Abstract: The pharmacology characteristics of dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (CCB) make them an attractive antihypertensive medication for use in the perioperative setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. They lack the negative inotropic, negative chronotropic, and negative bathmotropic effects of phenylalkylamine and benzothiazepine CCB that limit the use in patients with heart failure or patients with bradyarrythmias. With the aging population and significant rise in the prevalence of heart failure, the use of dihydropyridine CCB as antihypertensive medication after CABG surgery has become more common. Furthermore, intravenous dihydropyridine CCB are being used in the perioperative setting as vasodilatory agents after radial artery harvesting for total arterial coronary revascularization. We review the pharmacological effects of intravenous dihydropyridine CCB, analyze the literature, and comment on the consequences in modern clinical practice.
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Khoynezhad Ali, Dobesh P. Paul, Stacy Zachary and Jalali Ziba, The Role of Intravenous Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers in the Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2008; 6 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016108784911993
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016108784911993 |
Print ISSN 1570-1611 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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