Efficacy of prazosin in the management of chronic congestive heart failure: a 6-month randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Efficacy of prazosin in the management of chronic congestive heart failure: a 6-month randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
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哌唑嗪治疗慢性充血性心力衰竭的疗效:一项为期 6 个月的随机、双盲、安慰剂对照研究。
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10.1016/0002-9149(83)90310-7
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1983
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Firth,BG
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MarkhamJr,RV;Corbett,JR;Gilmore,A;Pettinger,WA;Firth,BG
The beneficial effects of acute prazosin therapy in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) have been well documented; however, its chronic efficacy over several months has not previously been evaluated in a placebo-controlled manner. Therefore, an assessment was made by radionuclide ventriculography of the effect of prazosin, 20 mg/day, on left ventricular ejection fraction and end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes at rest and on peak upright bicycle exercise, as well as its effect on right ventricular ejection fraction at rest, exercise time and work load, and standard clinical variables in 23 patients with stable class III symptoms of CHF. The study consisted of a 6-month randomized, doubleblind, controlled evaluation of prazosin versus placebo in patients receiving a stable dose of digitalis and diuretics for at least 1 month. At entry, the prazosin and placebo groups did not differ in any respect. Prazosin caused no demonstrable effect on clinical variables such as status of symptoms, heart rate, mean arterial pressure, and cardiothoracic ratio when compared with placebo. Prazosin also caused no demonstrable effect compared with placebo on absolute or percent changes in radionuclide variables at rest or on peak exercise, or on exercise time or exercise work load. In addition, prazosin had no consistent effect compared with placebo on plasma renin activity or plasma catecholamine levels. However, there was a slight but significant increase in weight (p < 0.0001) and in plasma renin activity in the upright position (p < 0.002) with time, as well as a tendency for the diuretic dose to increase with time in both groups. Thus, long-term prazosin therapy generally produces no demonstrable subjective or objective improvement in patients with stable, chronic class III CHF receiving digitalis and diuretic therapy.