| Abstrakt: |
To assess dynamics of structural-functional parameters of the circulatory system including the state of the cardiopulmonary baroreflex (CPBR) in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and cardiac failure (CF) on losartan treatment, we studied 14 IHD men with CF (NYHA functional class II-III), mean age 54.6 +/- 7.1 years. Before and after losartan treatment the patients were examined using echocardiography, radiocardiography with 131-I albumin, occlusion plethysmography, 131-I hippuran clearance. CPBP was estimated by the change in circulation flow rate in the forearm in low body rarefaction by means of low pressure camera. Losartan was given in maximal tolerance dose (25-100 mg/day). Examination in the end of the treatment demonstrated diminished venous tone, increased blood flow in the forearm, reduced volume of circulating plasm, elevated hematocrit, higher ratio of early to late filling peaks of the left ventricle, progression of baroreflex dysfunction. Thus, long-term losartan treatment promoted improvement in peripheral vascular tonicity, diastolic function of left-ventricular myocardium, reduction in circulating plasm volume, progression of baroreflex dysfunction. |
