Treatment of Cardiac Neurosis with Propranolol (Inderal(R)).
10.4070/kcj.1972.2.2.57
- Author:
Hee Sung SONG
;
Shin Kwon PARK
;
Jin Young RO
;
Soon Kyu SUH
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Blood Pressure;
Chest Pain;
Dyspnea;
Heart Rate;
Neurocirculatory Asthenia*;
Propranolol*;
Tachycardia;
Thorax
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1972;2(2):57-64
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Thirty-seven cases of cardiac neurosis were treated with propranolol (Inderal(R)) and following results were obtained. 1) Symptoms, such as palpitation, dyspnea, chest tightness and chest pain were disappeared or improved in all cases. 2) Heart rate reduced significantly after treatment from 99.8 per minutes to 74.8 per minutes. 3) Systolic blood pressure reduced significantly after treatment from 147.6 mmHg to 131.4 mmHg. but diastolic blood pressure were not reduced significantly. These results indicated that propranolol is recommendable medicine for improving cardiac symptoms and tachycardia in cardiac neurosis.
