[Use of captopril in the treatment of chronic cor pulmonale].

Abstract

Captopril administration in chronic cor pulmonale (CCP) stage I and II produced positive objective and subjective responses evident from a significant improvement of right heart myocardial contractility, external respiration which lower systolic pressure in the artery. Captopril can be introduced in CCP stage I for preventive and CCP stage II for therapeutic purposes.

• Authors: T E Dobrotvorskaia, V T Morozova
• Journal: Klinicheskaia meditsina (Klin Med (Mosk)) Vol. 69 Issue 10 Pg. 60-2 (Oct 1991) ISSN: 0023-2149 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Primenenie kaptoprila pri lechenii khronicheskogo legochnogo serdtsa.
• PMID: 1766220 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Captopril

Topics

• Adult
• Captopril (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Chronic Disease
• Hemodynamics
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Pulmonary Heart Disease (classification, drug therapy, physiopathology)