New therapeutic options in congestive heart failure: Part I
New therapeutic options in congestive heart failure: Part I
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.0000014763.63528.9d
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发表时间:
2002-04-30
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Pfeffer, MA
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作者:
McMurray, J;Pfeffer, MA
CHF is whether revascularization might substantially improve LV systolic function in patients with significant areas of hibernation. 20 The definition and best means of detecting hibernation are discussed extensively elsewhere. 19–21 There are, as yet, few data on the prevalence of important myocardial hibernation in patients with CHF. Although some small case series describe the effect of revascularization on LV function in such patients, the results of this type of treatment have not been studied in any systematic way. Fortunately, North American and European trials are getting under way (see below).Acute coronary events increase the risk of death and hospitalization with worsening heart failure in patients with CHF. 22 ACE inhibitors and-blockers may exert their beneficial effects in part by reducing coronary events. 23–25 Antiplatelet therapy may do likewise, although the role of aspirin is controversial (see below). Although HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) have not been specifically studied in patients with CHF, they might also be expected to reduce coronary events, as they do in other patients with coronary artery disease.