Use of PDE III Inhibitors for the Treatment of Asymptomatic (Occult) Heart Failure
First Claim
1. A method for reducing the size of a heart in a patient having an asymptomatic (occult) heart failure comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a phosphodiesterase type III (PDE III) inhibitor or a Ca2+-sensitizing agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the use of a phosphodiesterase type III (PDE III) inhibitor or Ca2+-sensitizing agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof for the preparation of a medication for the prolongation of time until onset of clinical symptoms in patents having an asymptomatic (occult) heart failure or for the reduction of heart size in patients having an asymptomatic (occult) heart failure of a patient suffering from asymptomatic heart disease.
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- 1. A method for reducing the size of a heart in a patient having an asymptomatic (occult) heart failure comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a phosphodiesterase type III (PDE III) inhibitor or a Ca2+-sensitizing agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.
- 8. A method for prolongation of the time until onset of clinical symptoms in a patient having an asymptomatic (occult) heart failure comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a phosphodiesterase type III (PDE III) inhibitor or a Ca2+-sensitizing agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.
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