Novel therapeutic concepts: Agents with vasodilator properties in acute heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 317-325

  Singh, Abhishek ^a,b   Laribi, Saïd ^c,d   Teerlink, John R ^a,b   Mebazaa, Alexandre ^c,d,e  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Clinical trials; Haemodynamics; Outcomes; Vasodilators

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; CENDERITIDE; CINACIGUAT; CLEVIDIPINE; CXL 1020; CXL 1427; LEVOSIMENDAN; NICORANDIL; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE; SERELAXIN; TRV 120027; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URODILATIN; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERICIGUAT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIURETICS; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 85015664864     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv755     Document Type: Review

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