Abstract
Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AAG) concentration and protein binding of disopyramide (DSP) in serum were measured in patients with heart disease. An increase in AAG (121±45mg/dl, mean±SD) was fbund in padents with heart failure as compared with healthy controls (73±14) and with cardiac patients without heart failure (78±12). The free fraction of DSP (0.35±0.12) was decreased in patients with heart failure as compared with control (0.56±0.11) and with patients without heart failure (0.47±0.15). The values of the heart failure patients returned to the level of cardiac patients with out heart failure (89±23 mg/dl and 0.48±0.07) with recovery from the decompensated stage. These findings suggest that the free concentration of DSP should be monitored frequently in cardiac patients, especially in patients with congestive heart failure.
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