Effect of Aldosterone on Energy Starvation in Heart Failure

Summary

We plan to study the concept of "energy starvation" in heart failure by evaluation of patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) (heart failure with reduced heart pump function due to causes other than heart attack). We will use a combination of positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging to study metabolism, anatomy, function, blood flow and efficiency, before and after 6 months' treatment with the drug spironolactone which blocks the deleterious effects of the hormone aldosterone on the myocardium (heart muscle).

Timeline

Start

2007-12

Primary completion

2012-07

Completion

2012-07

Publications

• Lawson MA, Hansen DE, Gupta DK, Bell SP, Adkisson DW, Mallugari RR, Sawyer DB, Ooi H, Kronenberg MW. Modification of ventriculo-arterial coupling by spironolactone in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. ESC Heart Fail. 2021 Apr;8(2):1156-1166. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13161. Epub 2021 Jan 5.
• Bradham WS, Bell SP, Huang S, Harrell FE Jr, Adkisson DW, Lawson MA, Sawyer DB, Ooi H, Kronenberg MW. Timing of Left Ventricular Remodeling in Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Am J Med Sci. 2018 Sep;356(3):262-267. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2018.06.003. Epub 2018 Jun 8.
• Lawson MA, Bell SP, Adkisson DW, Wang L, Ooi H, Sawyer DB, Kronenberg MW. High reproducibility of adenosine stress cardiac MR myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy. BMJ Open. 2014 Dec 16;4(12):e005984. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005984.
• Bell SP, Adkisson DW, Lawson MA, Wang L, Ooi H, Sawyer DB, Kronenberg MW. Antifailure therapy including spironolactone improves left ventricular energy supply-demand relations in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Aug 27;3(4):e000883. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.000883.
• Bell SP, Adkisson DW, Ooi H, Sawyer DB, Lawson MA, Kronenberg MW. Impairment of subendocardial perfusion reserve and oxidative metabolism in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. J Card Fail. 2013 Dec;19(12):802-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.10.010. Epub 2013 Oct 29.

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