Effects of spironolactone on reversing myocardial remodeling and improving cardiac function in CHF patients / 中国基层医药

Objective To observe the effect of reversing myocardial remodeling and improving cardiac function in CHF patients with lotensin or lotensin and different doses of spironolactone.Methods Ninety patients were randomized to three groups,respectively lotensin,lotensin with 20mg spironolactone and lotensin with 40mg spironolactone.TNF?,Ald,AngⅡ,LA,LVEDD,LVEDV and EF were measured before and after 12 weeks treatment.Results(1)There were significant decreases in the level of TNF-?,Ald,AngⅡ,LA,LVEDD,LVEDV after treatment compared with before in three groups(P