Quality of life in patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension: the first experience of trimetazidine

Abstract

Objective - to estimate the quality of life with therapy of trimetazidine in patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, I-III functional class. Material and methods. In this study we included 29 patients (27 women and 2 men) aged 41.9±10 years. All patients had a common complain of angina-like symptoms. The patients were divided into 2 groups. The first group consisted of 11 patients (1 men and 10 women) who were additionally prescribed trimetazidine 35 mg twice daily for 24 weeks. The second group included 18 patients (1 men and 17 women) who continued to receive standard and specific therapy. At baseline and after 24 weeks all patients were examination, which included: laboratory (general and biochemical blood tests, D-dimer), clinical and instrumental examinations (electrocardiography, echocardiography, chest radiography, scintigraphy, a 6-min walking test, spirometry). We are take into consideration: age, sex, functional class (World Health Organization), complaints, tolerance, a 6-min walking test, Holter electrocardiogram in 12 lead, SF-36 questionnaire. Results. We analyzed the questionnaire SF-36 quality of life compared to before and after treatment trimetazidine: improvement in general health (p