Nitrate and Hypertension in Heart Transplanted Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of the study was to evaluate the acute effect of nitroglycerine infusion on blood pressure and heart rate in heart-transplanted patients with cyclosporine-induced hypertension.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Zurich
• Treatments: Cyclosporine; Cyclosporins; Nitroglycerin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Heart-transplanted group:

• Patients with hypertension and treated with cyclosporine

• Patients under optimal standard therapy

• Patients giving written informed consent

Control group:

• Patients with hypertension

• Patients without prior transplantation of any kind

• Patients giving written informed consent

Exclusion criteria:

• Hypertensive patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs

• Patients receiving any kind or nitrate derivates