Effective treatment of cardiac failure with caposide at an outpatient clinic
Bart, B.I.; Larina, V.N.; Dergunova, E.N.
Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 73(1): 49-52
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-3660 PMID: 11234142 Document Number: 531374
To evaluate results of long-term outpatient use of caposide in patients with cardiac failure. 74 patients (59 males and 15 females aged 40-76 years) with chronic cardiac failure (CCF) received caposide in individual doses. CCF was caused by ischemic heart disease (IHD) and dilated cardiomyopathy in 65 and 9 patients, respectively. The treatment effect was assessed by changes in clinical symptoms, quality of life and physical activity. Clinical symptoms, functional class of IHD, exercise tolerance and quality of life improved. Serious side effects were absent. Caposide can be considered as first-line therapy in outpatient treatment of patients with CCF of different severity as monotherapy and adjuvant in combined treatment.