[Propranolol--a place in the modern therapy].

The discovery of propranolol in 1964 and its introducing to the clinical practice has been essential for the progress in the diagnostics and therapy of cardiovascular diseases. Indications for the use ofpropranolol are numerous. Propranolol has shown clinical usefulness in the treatment of angina pectoris, hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, hyperthrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, mitral stenosis, and pheochromocytoma. It has proved efficacy in the treatment ofhyperthyroidism, porphyria, cirrhosis, migraine and in the therapy of many neuropsychiatric disorders. The article presents a review of the actual clinical applications of propranolol.