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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1998
Filed:
May. 19, 1997
Holger Heitsch, Mainz-Kastel, DE;
Adalbert Wagner, Gersthofen, DE;
Klaus Wirth, Kriftel, DE;
Max Hropot, Florsheim, DE;
Martin Bickel, Bad Homburg, DE;
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of nonpeptide bradykinin antagonists for the production of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of chronic fibrogenetic liver disorders (hepatic cirrhosis and hepatic fibrosis), acute liver disorders and for the prevention of complications, in particular for the prophylaxis or treatment of portal hypertension, decompensation symptoms such as ascites, edema formation, hepatorenal syndrome, hypertensive gastropathy and colopathy, splenomegaly and hemorrhagic complications in the gastrointestinal tract due to portal hypertension, collateral circulation and hyperemia and a cardiopathy as a result of a chronically hyperdynamic circulatory situation and its consequences.