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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1997
Gerhard Breipohl, Frankfurt, DE;
Stephan Henke, Hofheim, DE;
Jochen Knolle, Kriftel, DE;
Klaus Wirth, Kriftel, DE;
Max Hropot, Florsheim, DE;
Martin Bickel, Bad Homburg, DE;
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of treating a chronic fibrogenetic liver disorder and/or an acute liver disorder and/or complications associated therewith, comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a bradykinin antagonist. Particular complications associated with said liver disorders include portal hypertension, decompensation phenomena 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.