Help: ischemic cardiopathy

Posted By  CCF Cardio MD - SK on November 20, 1997 at 21:17:51:

In Reply to: Help: ischemic cardiopathy posted by Paul Horja on November 17, 1997 at 10:50:13:

: My father, a 56 year old heavy smoker, lives in Romania and has a very
  advanced form of ischemic cardiopathy. He had an angiogram done in Romania
  earlier this year, and he was ruled out of any type of bypass surgery
  because of the very advanced state of his disease. He takes medication
  and has been under physicians' scrutiny, but the disease advanced,
  and at this point he very frequently has severe chest pains. Very often,
  the pains make it impossible for him to get his night sleep. I have been
  reading recently about new drug tests, and in view of this, is there any
  new medication or other type of treatment that might help him? I would
  be very grateful if you could give me an advice.
  Thank you!

[CCF CARDIO MD SK]

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Dear Paula,
Ischemic cardiomyopathy is a difficult problem to treat with medications alone especially when percutaneous intervention with balloon or bypass surgery are not possible. The different groups of medications that are available include nitrates, aspirin, blood thinners, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers and ACE inhibitors. Cholesterol lowering medications also may help in the long run. In each of these class of medications there are many new medications available with subtle differences in their properties. It is extremely difficult to suggest you something specific without knowing details about your father