[Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy with antihypertensive therapy].
The case report describes a 50-years-old patient with left ventricular hypertrophy, severe heart failure and ischemic chest pain due to untreated arterial hypertension. Coronary arteriography showed normal vessels. Under a combined drug treatment with an ACE-inhibitor, betablocker and diuretic the cardiac symptoms and the signs of heart failure disappeared within a few months. After 10 months the electrocardiographic signs of LV hypertrophy also disappeared. The therapeutic efficacy of the different antihypertensive drugs is discussed.
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Medizinische Klinik A, Universitätsspital Zürich.
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000187:drug effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents