Posted Aug. 29, 2012 at 5:22 a.m.
Heart research
If successful, LCZ696 would be the first drug for patients with preserved ejection fraction, a condition in which the organ's ventricles still pump out more than 40 percent of the blood that comes in, but the atrium chamber fails to supply enough blood to the ventricle to meet the body's needs. The condition, which mainly affects women, accounts for about half of all heart failure patients.
Novartis experimental heart-failure drug shows promise
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Heart research
If successful, LCZ696 would be the first drug for patients with preserved ejection fraction, a condition in which the organ's ventricles still pump out more than 40 percent of the blood that comes in, but the atrium chamber fails to supply enough blood to the ventricle to meet the body's needs. The condition, which mainly affects women, accounts for about half of all heart failure patients.
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