[Cardiac glycosides in complex treatment of patients with heart failure and supraventricular arrhythmias].

The authors of the article studied potential of various drug combinations (atenolol + enalapril + indapamide, and celanid + enalapril + indapamide) in complex treatment of patients with heart failure (HF) and supraventricular arrhythmias. The subjects were 106 patients, of whom 74 had coronary heart disease, of whom 51 had old myocardial infarction, and 18 had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting. Dilatation cardiomyopathy was found in 8, aortomitral valvular disease--in 18, and combined mitral valvular disease--in 6 patients. 36 subjects had permanent atrial fibrillation, 48--a paroxysmal form of ciliary arrhythmia, 22--paroxysms of atrial tachycardia. NYHA functional class (FC) II HF was diagnosed in 64 patients, NYHA FC III HF--in 42 patients. According to what treatment regimen was applied, the patients were divided into two groups, comparable in the main clinical and functional characteristics. Two-month therapy resulted in improvement of hemodynamics, increase of activity tolerance and improvement of life quality in both groups. The combination celanide + enalapril + indapamide in individual doses was effective in FC II-III HF with supraventricular arrhythmias. The cost of treatment with celanid is lower.