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  • Title: [Treatment of chronic left ventricular insufficiency].
    Author: Castaigne A, Dubois-Randé JL, Duval-Moulin AM, Merlet P, Saal JP, Perchet H, Dutoit C.
    Journal: Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss; 1990 Nov; 83(13):1993-9. PubMed ID: 2125420.
    Abstract:
    Left ventricular failure results from many myocardial diseases: the symptoms of left ventricular failure are the consequence of adaptations which the left ventricle and circulatory system activate to counteract the initial myocardial disease. The aims of treatment of cardiac failure are diverse depending on whether treatment is directed to correct the initial myocardial disease, its myocardial consequences, its circulatory consequences or, more simply, the patient's symptoms. The ideal treatment of cardiac failure would include a drug acting on the cause, a drug restoring left ventricular contraction and relaxation adapted to the conditions of cardiac load, a drug correcting regional blood flow disturbances and a drug relieving symptoms related to salt retention. An ideal drug for chronic left ventricular failure does not exist, and so treatment is a composite effort. Should it be in first intention? This is the current trend.
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