Effects of Trimetazidine on Heart Rate Variability and Left Ventricular Systolic Performance in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease After Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty

Autor: Gulmira Z. Kudaiberdieva, Ahmet Birand, Ayhan Usal, Ferit Akgül, Talantbek Batyraliev
Přispěvatelé: Çukurova Üniversitesi
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Angiology. 48:413-422
ISSN: 1940-1574
0003-3197
DOI: 10.1177/000331979704800505
Popis: Fifty-one patients (mean age 51.6 ± 7.1 years) with angiographically proven coronary artery disease (CAD) entered the study. In 26 patients (Group I), trimetazidine treatment started twenty-four hours after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Another 25 patients (Group II) without trimetazidine treatment were kept as controls. The groups were comparable by age, gender, risk factors of CAD, coronary anatomy, left ventricular performance, and heart rate variability indices at baseline state. Power spectral analysis of heart rate variability and two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic examinations were performed before PTCA, and twenty-four hours, ten days, thirty days, and three months after PTCA. A statistically significant improvement of left ventricular systolic performance (P In conclusion, trimetazidine modulates the autonomic control of heart rate, ie, reduces sympathetic overactivity and augments vagal influences, improves left ventricular contractility, and diminishes the clinical manifestations of ischemia in patients with CAD after PTCA.
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