The study showed Inspra may reduce the number of deaths occurring in heart failure patients by one-sixth.
Lisinopril, an ACE inhibitor, is commonly given to heart failure patients already, but in relatively low doses.
After hearing about Enbrel, Dr. Mann called Immunex in 1994 and proposed testing it in heart failure patients.
In big clinical trials, both spironolactone and Inspra were shown to improve the survival of heart failure patients.
Heart failure patients suffer from weakened hearts, which in the worst case leave them bedridden and more likely to die.
Several manufacturers expect their pacemaker devices to win marketing approval for heart failure patients by the end of the year.
Their theory was born after Lee noticed that many congestive heart failure patients in intensive care were bloated from retained fluid.
Heart failure patients are at high risk for kidney problems anyway, and any safety issue could be lost in the noise.
Researchers say it could help heart failure patients with a "conduction delay" -- in essence, a faulty electrical system in the heart.
Only 1.2% of heart failure patients died there between 2004 and 2006.
Another new drug, tolvaptan, from Japanese drug firm Otsuka, improved the symptoms of heart failure patients in a clinical trial presented at ACC.
Heart transplantation is a proven treatment option for Class IV heart failure patients, but a limited number of donor hearts become available each year.
With the help of four other hospitals in Australia, the researchers plan to test the device in 30 heart failure patients awaiting a heart transplant.
In an interview Yancy said the results show that current care can help heart failure patients, even though there is a need for new drugs.
Each year sees a half-million new U.S. congestive heart failure patients.
For heart failure patients, that can mean less shortness of breath.
Separately, Genvec has also been testing skeletal myoblast cell therapy in heart failure patients, recently completing a 28-patient-trial led by Arizona Heart Institute cardiologist Nabil Dib.
The FDA said today that it had granted approval to the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System for use in heart failure patients waiting for a transplant.
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One goal will be to predict heart failure patients who are at risk of readmission and then develop protocols to help them stay out of the hospital.
They were more likely to get drugs that help heart failure patients and less likely to get medicines called inotropes that relieve symptoms but may cause harm.
On top of the best treatments available, BiDil still increased survival of African-American heart failure patients by 43% compared with a sugar pill, while cutting hospitalizations by 33%.
At Wheaton-Franciscan Healthcare in Wisconsin, nursing facility aides are trained to identify warning signs in heart failure patients and how to communicate what they see to staff nurses.
But he says heart failure patients still need new treatments.
Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) recently started selling a drug called Inspra, which reduces the risk of death 15% in heart failure patients.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A pacemaker device could help up to half of all heart failure patients live a more active life, researchers told the American College of Cardiology Tuesday.
Initially, Medtronic and Genzyme will work to complete an ongoing 300-patient trial in Europe testing whether injecting skeletal myoblasts into damaged areas of the heart during cardiac bypass surgery helps improve symptoms and reduces hospitalizations in heart failure patients.
Inspra, also known as eplerenone, reduces deaths in heart failure patients by 15% compared to placebo, according to the Pharmacia-funded study of 6, 200 patients conducted by Bertram Pitt , a professor of medicine at the University of Michigan, and colleagues.
Patients who received the device were already being treated with the best doctors have to offer heart-failure patients--including an arsenal of drugs and devices that reset the heart's internal timers electrically.
Most heart-failure patients also develop periods of broken sleep, known as central sleep apnea.
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