[Exertion-electrocardiographic and hemodynamic studies with oral verapamil in chronic ischemic heart disease].

The effect of the Ca++ -antagonist Verapamil on the ECG, the haemodynamic parameters and the systolic time intervals was investigated in the long-term experiment on 12 patients with ascertained chronic ischaemic heart disease at reat and during exercise. The dosage was 3 x 80 mg/die during 4 weeks. The tolerance was not increased. The load-induced decrease of the ST-T-distance in the ECG was improved under load and in the recreation phase. The function of the myocardium, measured on the quotient LVET/ICT, improved under load with simultaneous decrease of the double product and the TTI, the pulmonary pressure, however, remained uninfluenced. Side-effects were not observed.