Long-term dirotone treatment of patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis complicated by cor pulmonale
Korneĭchuk, N.N.; Butorov, I.V.; Berbitskiĭ, O.N.; Butorov, S.I.; Ridlovskiĭ, A.I.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 80(5): 53-57
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 12087890 Document Number: 543482
52 patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis complicated by chronic decompensated cor pulmonale participated in the trial of dirotone. Effects on the clinical course and hemodynamics were assessed in the course and long-term treatment. A dirotone course was found to benefit central and pulmonary hemodynamics while a long-term dirotone treatment relieves symptoms of cardiac failure and raises life quality in the absence of negative effects on blood biochemistry, electrolytic balance and external respiration function.