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Prolonged Dilatrend Effect upon the Left Ventricle Systolic
Function in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.

M.Balavadze, M.Razmadze

The Institute of Radiology and Interventional Diagnostics of the
Georgian Academy of Sciences

The purpose of our studies was to estimate the influence of the prolonged (1 year) use of Dilatrend, a multi­func­tional neurohormonal antagonist, upon the left ventricle systolic function in patients with ischemic dilatation cardi­omy­opathy (DCMP).

With that end in view, 89 patients with ischemic DCMP were studied, the mean age 61,5±7,9. The patients were divided into two groups. The cardiac insufficiency treatment of the 1-st group patients (N=49) was done by the traditional scheme (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, peripheral vasodilators). The 2-nd group patients were treated by the traditional therapy plus Dilatrend, at an average, 13,5 mg per day. All the patients underwent transthoracic doppler echo­cardiography before and after one-year treatment which defined the left ventricle ejection fraction (LV EF), the LV endsystolic ( ESD) and enddiastolic (EDD) dimension; besides, blood pressure was measured, and stenocardic at­tack rate per week was evaluated. The positive dynamics was noted in both groups against the treatment back­ground: the EF was increased, ESD and EDD as well as systolic and diastolic arterial pressure, and the mean values of stenocardic attack rate were decreased. However, statistically significant difference was achieved in the 2-nd group only.

The above enables us to suggest that the introduction of Dilatrend in the cardiac insufficiency traditional treatment significantly raises its effectivene

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