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Long-term results of the Spanish trial on treatment and survival of patients with predominantly mild heart failure.

Abstract：

:A randomized open-label clinical trial was conducted to determine whether mortality, readmission, or quality of life differed between heart failure patients managed with captopril plus diuretics and those with digoxin plus diuretics. A total of 345 heart failure patients in New York Heart Association functional classes 2 and 3 without atrial fibrillation, dyspnea of bronchopulmonary origin, or hypertension not controlled with diuretics was randomized for digoxin (n = 175) or captopril (n = 170) treatment and followed up for a median of 4.5 years. Socioeconomic, demographic, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, spirometric, and chest radiograph data were obtained at the initial examination. In a random sample of half the patients, ergometric, echocardiographic, and Holter records were obtained at entry and at 3 and 18 months. Patients were followed up for > or = 3 years. The end points were mortality, hospitalization for cardiac events, deterioration in quality of life, worsening of functional class, and need for digoxin or captopril in the captopril and digoxin groups, respectively. The trial had to be terminated prematurely owing to the difficulty in finding candidates free of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitor treatment. Baseline patient characteristics were similar in both groups. From the clinical point of view, only the 48-month mortality was relevantly lower (20.9 vs. 31.9%, respectively) among patients treated with captopril than that in those receiving digoxin (log rank test, p = 0.07). No statistically or clinically relevant differences were found in other end points or adverse effects. The results suggest but do not confirm the hypothesis that captopril treatment in mild to moderate heart failure might provide better long-term survival than digoxin.

journal_name

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol

journal_title

Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors

Cosín-Aguilar J,Marrugat J,Sanz G,Massó J,Gil M,Vargas R,Pérez-Casar F,Simarro E,De Armas D,García-García J,Azpitarte J,Diago JL,Rodrigo-Trallero G,Lekuona I,Domingo E,Marin-Huerta E

doi

10.1097/00005344-199905000-00009

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-05-01 00:00:00

pages

733-40

issue

eissn

0160-2446

issn

1533-4023

journal_volume

pub_type

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Long-term results of the Spanish trial on treatment and survival of patients with predominantly mild heart failure.