[Use of the preparation Essenciale in chronic ischemic heart disease]

The efficacy of the drug "essentiale" is discussed on the basis of observation over 34 patients suffering from ischemic heart disease with functional hepatic insufficiency and types IIa and IIb hyperlipoproteinemia. Its normalizing effect on the indices of lipid metabolism the flow of blood in the leg and foot, the vascular tone, and liver function is shwon.