Kaul UA, Verma R, Garg KC. Early intervention with propranolol after acute myocardial infarction: serial left ventricular function determined by M-mode and cross-sectional echocardiography.
Int J Cardiol 1988;
21:301-10. [PMID:
3229867 DOI:
10.1016/0167-5273(88)90107-6]
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Abstract
Fifty patients (mean age 48.6 +/- 9.4 years) with uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction were randomly assigned to propranolol therapy (n = 25) or placebo (n = 25) in a double-blind manner within 24 hours of their presentation with acute symptoms. M-mode and cross-sectional echocardiography were performed at one week and three months to evaluate the left ventricular function. A comparison of the two groups revealed that the group receiving propranolol had higher left ventricular ejection fraction (69% vs 52%, P less than 0.001), fractional shortening (32% vs 24%, P less than 0.01), lower mitral E-point septal separation (6 mm vs 14 mm, P less than 0.001) and wall motion abnormality score (2.5 vs 6.0, P less than 0.001) than the group receiving placebo therapy. At three months there was further significant improvement in wall motion abnormality score (1.1 vs 2.5, P less than 0.001) in the propranolol-treated group as compared to the placebo group, whereas the other parameters remained unchanged. We conclude that the left ventricular function detected by M-mode and cross-sectional echocardiography showed significant improvement in patients with acute myocardial infarction after early intervention with propranolol. This is possibly due to a reduction in the size of infarction.
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