systolic heart failure


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systolic heart failure

Cardiology Heart failure with a severely reduced systolic function–LV ejection fraction of ≤35%. Cf Diastolic heart failure.
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Effect of ivabradine on recurrent hospitalization for worsening heart failure in patients with chronic systolic heart failure: the SHIFT Study.
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Caption: In systolic heart failure (pictured), the left ventricle becomes enlarged and contracts weakly, impeding bloodflow from the heart to the body.
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In systolic heart failure, the left ventricle, which pumps oxygenated blood to tissues throughout your body, becomes enlarged and cannot contract strongly enough to push out a sufficient amount of blood.
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Thus, there appears to be an entire spectrum of systolic function abnormalities, ranging from normal systolic heart function to systolic heart failure, with heart failure with normal EF being located in between.
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The New Drug Application (NDA) is based on global clinical trial data from the Phase III SHIFT (Systolic Heart failure treatment with the If inhibitor ivabradine Trial) study, a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, outcomes trial.
Amgen's ivabradine for the treatment of chronic heart failure (HF) has been granted priority review designation by the FDA. Ivabradine is an oral drug that inhibits the If current ("funny" current) in the sinoatrial node, the body's cardiac pacemaker
The new drug application is based on global clinical trial results from the large, multi-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, outcomes Phase III Systolic Heart failure treatment with the If inhibitor ivabradine Trial.
Amgen receives priority review designation for ivabradine from United States Food and Drug Administration
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Suggestions for the treatment ofchronic systolic heart failure. Chin J Cardiol.
Analysis of therapeutic effect and safety of target-dose metoprolol in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus with chronic heart failure
Objective: Systolic heart failure is a chronic condition with significant morbidity and mortality.
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an alternative therapy in patients with severe systolic heart failure with dyssynchronous ventricular contraction and severe symptoms (NYHA III-IV) despite optimal medical therapy (1).
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