Heart failure is an established predictor of primary cardiac events during pregnancy. Adequate heart failure treatment in pregnant women is hampered by important foetotoxicity of several conventional drugs. Hydralazine with or without long-acting nitrates has been proposed as an alternative
The American journal of cardiology, 114(1), 151-159 (2014-05-23)
The 2013 American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association guidelines recommend combined isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) and hydralazine to reduce mortality and morbidity for African-Americans with symptomatic heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction, currently receiving optimal medical therapy (class I
Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 3(6), 993-1001 (2005-11-19)
In the USA alone, there are over 5,000,000 people diagnosed with heart failure. A disproportionate number of African-Americans are affected by this disease, with increased morbidity and mortality, yet they are tremendously under-represented in clinical trials. Several drugs have been
Genetic mechanisms possibly leading to racially different responses to nitrate therapy.
Gustavo H Oliveira-Paula
The American journal of cardiology, 114(7), 1126-1126 (2014-09-13)