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2. Sacubitril/valsartan - Wikipedia

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   Sacubitril/valsartan, sold under the brand name Entresto among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication for use in heart failure.It consists of the neprilysin inhibitor sacubitril and the angiotensin receptor blocker valsartan.

3. Cardiovascular agents - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular agents are drugs used to treat diseases associated with the heart or blood vessels. These medications are available for purchase only with a physician’s prescription . They include, but are not limited to, drugs that target hypertension ( antihypertensives ), hyperlipidemia ( antihyperlipidemics ) and blood clotting (blood ...

4. List of cardiac pharmaceutical agents - Wikipedia

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   The following are medications commonly prescribed cardiac pharmaceutical agents. The specificity of the following medications is highly variable, and often are not particularly specific to a given class. As such, they are listed as are commonly accepted.

5. Hydralazine/isosorbide dinitrate - Wikipedia

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   A new paper was published on these findings and MedCo filed for a new patent for the drug as a treatment for heart failure specifically in black patients. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The new patent and the old patent were then licensed to a company called NitroMed, which ran a clinical called the African-American Heart Failure Trial (A-HeFT), the results ...

6. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Heart failure with recovered ejection fraction (HFrecovEF or HFrecEF): patients previously with HFrEF with complete normalization of left ventricular ejection (≥50%). [64] [65] Heart failure may also be classified as acute or chronic. Chronic heart failure is a long-term condition, usually kept stable by the treatment of symptoms.

7. Management of heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Sleep apnea is an under-recognized risk factor for heart failure. Uncontrolled sleep apnea may increase the risk of heart failure by up to 140%. [4] Weight reduction – through physical activity and dietary modification, as obesity is a risk factor for heart failure and left ventricular hypertrophy. Effective weight management has been shown ...

8. PDE3 inhibitor - Wikipedia

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   PDE3 inhibitors are indicated as inotropics for the therapy of acute heart failure if catecholamines are ineffective. [2] Well controlled studies have shown that these drugs generally increase mortality, [3] when used for the therapy of acute heart failure, so they have to be applied under close observation. [1]

9. Cardiac glycoside - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac glycosides have long served as the main medical treatment to congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia, due to their effects of increasing the force of muscle contraction while reducing heart rate. Heart failure is characterized by an inability to pump enough blood to support the body, possibly due to a decrease in the volume of ...