[Observation of enalapril on treating the patients with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction]

The effects of enalapril on 50 patients with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD), confirmed by clinical features and radionuclid ventriculography, were assessed in a randomized, double-blind, and controlled method for eight weeks. The results showed that left atrial diameters (LAD), interventricular septum thicknesses (IVST) and left ventricular mass indexes (LV-MI) except left ventricular diameters (LVD) were decreased in the enalapril treatment group. The left ventricular diastolic function parameters such as the early peak filling velocity (EPAV), the atrial peak filling velocity (APAV), the deceleration of early peak filling velocity (DC) and the isovolumic relaxation time (IRT) were improved, the NYHA class and the exercise tolerance were increased, the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and the cardiac index (CI) were not altered in the enalapril treatment group. The patients with LVDD were well tolerated with enalapril. The parameters mentioned above were not altered in control group. It is suggested that enalapril is an effective drug in the treatment of LVDD.