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Addition of losartan to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors improves insulin resistance in patients with chronic heart failure treated without beta-blockers.

Author(s): Ogino K, Kato M, Furuse Y, Kinugasa Y, Kaetsu Y, Mizuta E, Sugihara S, Ishida K, Yanagihara K, Hisatome I, Shigemasa C

Affiliation(s): Center for Clinical Residency Program, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Japan.

Publication date & source: 2010-11, Circ J., 74(11):2346-52. Epub 2010 Sep 4.

Publication type: Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

BACKGROUND: Angiotensin II and insulin resistance (IR) have clinical implications in the pathophysiology of chronic heart failure (CHF). However, it is still unclear whether the combination of an angiotensin-receptor blocker and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) improves IR in CHF patients who do not receive beta-blockers. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of losartan on glucose metabolism and inflammatory cytokines in CHF patients treated with ACEI but not beta-blockers. METHODS AND RESULTS: The effect of losartan treatment for 16 weeks on IR was analyzed in 16 CHF patients in a randomized crossover trial. Insulin level and homeostasis model IR index (HOMA-IR) decreased significantly (P<0.05), but fasting plasma glucose did not change significantly. Serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-6, and monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 levels were significantly decreased with losartan (P<0.05). Furthermore, the changes in IL-6 and MCP-1 levels were significantly correlated with the reduction in HOMA-IR (P<0.05), but the change in TNF-alpha levels was not significantly correlated. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of losartan to ACEI therapy improved IR and decreased inflammatory cytokines in CHF patients who did not receive beta-blockers.

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