EFFICACY OF ORAL ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME-INHIBITION WITH CAPTOPRIL THERAPY IN SEVERE CHRONIC NORMOTENSIVE CONGESTIVE HEART-FAILURE
EFFICACY OF ORAL ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME-INHIBITION WITH CAPTOPRIL THERAPY IN SEVERE CHRONIC NORMOTENSIVE CONGESTIVE HEART-FAILURE
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-8703(81)90379-3
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
MASON, DT
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作者:
AWAN, NA;EVENSON, MK;MASON, DT
To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of oral angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition (ACE) with captopril in chronic normotensive congestive heart failure (CHF), acute cardiocirculatory actions were determined by cardiac catheterization and forearm plethysmography, and ambulatory effects were assessed by echocardiography, nuclear angiography, treadmill exercise and clinical symptomatology in 10 severe CHF patients. Captopril (90 mg) produced marked (peak 1 h) and sustained (5 h) left ventricular filling pressure (23 to 15 mm Hg), systemic vascular resistance decreases and cardiac index increase (1.99 to 2.41 l/min per m2), while mean blood pressure declined mildly (87 to 80 mm Hg) without heart rate change. Forearm venous tone and vascular resistance decreased considerably. After 1 wk of ambulatory therapy (90 mg 3 times daily) nuclear angiographic ejection and echocardiogram shortening fractions increased, and exercise duration (341 to 453 s) and New York Heart Association functional class (3.6 to 2.2) improved. ACE-induced vasodilation by oral captopril improved cardiac performance and clinical status in refractory CHF.