Table 3: Effect of esmolol on the hemodynamic and conventional echocardiographic variables after acute myocardial infarction.

 

MI

MI+ESMOLOL

p

EDV (ml)

64.50 ± 12.39

58.96 ± 13.63

NS

ESV (ml)

42.47 ± 8.88

41.04 ± 8.99

NS

SV (ml)

22.09 ± 5.78

17.92 ± 6.81

p = 0.001

EF (%)

34.08 ± 6.40

30.75 ± 7.70

p = 0.014

CO (ml/min)

2338.84 ± 641.48

1989.48 ± 893.88

NS

LVSP (mmHg)

84.41 ± 11.39

76.28 ± 15.09

p = 0.026

LV dP/dtmax (mmHg/s)

1.16±0.32

0.93 ± 0.29

p = 0.011

HR (beats/min)

106.88±17.64

112.72 ± 16.97

NS

E/e΄ ratio

9.92±4.46

9.11 ± 4.54

NS

EDV: LV End-Diastolic Volume (ml), ESV: LV End-Systolic Volume (ml), SV: LV Stroke Volume (ml), EF: LV Ejection Fraction (%), CO: Cardiac Output (ml/min), LVSP: LV End-Systolic Pressure (mmHg), LV dP/dtmax: the maximal rate of rise of LV Pressure according to time (mmHg/s), HR: Heart rate (beats/min), E: mitral early filling velocity (m/s), e´: early diastolic mitral annulus velocity by tissue Doppler imaging, E/e´: ratio of two velocities.

The values are averages ± standard deviation.