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[Effects of benazepril combined with valsartan on congestive heart failure]
1Department of Cardiology, Dongguan People's Hospital, Guangdong 523018, China.
Objective:
To observe the effects of routine doses of benazepril combined with valsartan on congestive heart failure.
Methods:
Totally 203 patients with congestive heart failure were randomized into Group A (receiving benazepril 20 mg/day), Group B (benazepril,10 mg/day plus valsartan, 80 mg/day), and group C (valsartan 160 mg/day) for different treatment protocols on the basis of routine therapy for heart failure with digitalis, diuretics and beta blockers. The cardiac functions and echocardiographical findings were evaluated before and after the treatments.
Results:
All the patients showed improvement of NYHA class, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVEDd), left ventricular end-systolic dimension (LVESd) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (P<0.01), and the effect was better in group B than in group A (P>0.05), and both groups A and B had better results than group C (P<0.05). No serious adverse effects were found.
Conclusion:
The combination of benazepril and valsartan at routine doses can be effective for treating congestive heart failure.
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