Arterial wall rigidity in active and standard therapy of patients with chronic heart failure (three-year investigation)

Aim: to evaluate arterial wall rigidity, clinical condition and prognosis in active and standard therapy of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Materials and methods. A total of 211 patients with CHF experienced Q-wave myocardial infarction was enrolled in the study. At admission to the hospital all patients were randomized into two groups. Patients of the first group (n=106) were managed actively after discharge from the hospital, patients of the second group (n=105) were managed conventionally after discharge from the hospital. Patients were observed for three years. Re-sults. Over three year-investigation actively managed patients demonstrated significant (p