Short-term effects of atenolol in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-44520
ABSTRACT
Dilated cardiomyopathy is a common cause of heart failure with systolic dysfunction. Medications used to treat this condition are usually for symptomatic relief. We studied the effect of atenolol in heart failure caused by dilated cardiomyopathy in a double blinded randomized fashion. There were 17 males and 5 females. All patients underwent right and left heart catheterization, coronary angiography, endomyocardial biopsy, exercise testing and doppler echocardiography. By 3 months, atenolol significantly reduced resting and exercise heart rate and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. There was no difference in exercise capacity. We conclude from this study that atenolol improve hemodynamic condition in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy without improving exercise capacity during this short observation period.
Full text:
Available
Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Atenolol
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Echocardiography
/
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
/
Chi-Square Distribution
/
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
/
Double-Blind Method
/
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Language:
English
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS