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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Compared with the group treated with traditional medicines, plasma concentration of BNP [(403 + / - 216) ng/L vs. (219 + / - 87) ng/L] significantly decreased, the clinical symptom was significantly improved, cardio-thoracic ratio (CTR) (0. 60 + / - 0. 05 vs. 0. 54 + / - 0. 06) (P < 0. 05) and heart rate [(115 + / - 20) bpm vs. (90 + / - 14) bpm] (P < 0. 01) decreased, ejection fraction (EF) (46. 6 % + / - 13. 4 % vs. 54. 5 % + / - 12. 9 %), fractional shortening (21. 6 % + / - 8. 1 % vs. 24. 1 % + / - 7. 5 %), mean velocity of circumferential fiber shortening [(0. 8 + / - 0. 5) cir/s vs. (0. 9 + / - 0. 4) cir/s] were significantly increased (P < 0. 01), left ventricular end-systolic dimension [(34. 0 + / - 8. 6) mm vs. (32. 2 + / - 9. 1) mm] (P < 0. 05), left ventricular mass [(65. 9 + / - 34. 1) g vs. (65. 9 + / - 34. 1) g], interventricular septal thickness at end-systole [(6. 0 + / - 1. 0) mm vs (5. 5 + / - 1. 1) mm] were notably decreased (P < 0. 01) after treatment with carvedilol.