Efficacy of the use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in the complex therapy of gastroduodenal erosions and ulcers in patients with unstable angina

Purpose of the study. To find out the effectiveness of the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in the complex therapy of erosive and ulcer lesions of the stomach and duodenum in unstable angina pectoris (UA). Materials and methods. A survey of 109 patients with UA with gastroduodenal erosions and ulcers was carried out, taking into account their clinical signs, endoscopic features and the parameters of gastric secretion. The patients were divided into two groups depending on the nature of the treatment of erosions and ulcers. The first group included 40 patients treated with standard therapy, and the second one included 69 patients who additionally received ACE inhibitor lisinopril at an average dose of 7.27±0.16 mg a day. Results. The therapy by lisinopril resulted in decreasing of pain and dyspeptic syndrome, especially in patients with acute erosions, compared with conventional treatment group. According to endoscopic examination, in patients treated with lisinopril, an acceleration of repair processes in the tissues of the gastroduodenal zone was observed. The depth and size of damages, a reduction in the period of persistence of microbleeding signs and inflammatory changes in the periulcerous zone were also less pronounced in lisinopril patient’s group. In patients with acute erosions a decrease in the number and size of erosive defects of the mucous membrane was observed. The study of the parameters of gastric secretion showed that gastroduodenal erosions and ulcers in UA revealed the activation of the acid-peptic factor and a decreasing in the production of gastromucoproteins. Increased production of pepsinogen and a sharply reduced formation of protective mucus was observed in patients after conventional treatment, despite some positive dynamics. Normalization in pepsinogen secretion with some inhibition of the production of mucopolysaccharides was observed in Lisinopril treated patients at the end of therapy. Acid production in both groups was reduced, which was associated with could be provoked by an uptake of antisecretory agents. Conclusion. The use of ACE inhibitor lisinopril in the complex therapy in patients with UA with gastroduodenal erosions and ulcers is pathogenetically justified and clinically effective. This combination helps to reduce the duration of clinical signs, accelerate the healing of defects and normalize the parameters of gastric secretion.

gastroduodenal erosions and ulcers, unstable angina pectoris, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, clinical signs, endoscopic features, gastric secretion

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