Little is known about mode of death after acute heart failure (AHF) hospitalization. In the RELAX-AHF (Efficacy and Safety of Relaxin for the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure) study, serelaxin, the recombinant form of human relaxin-2, reduced post-discharge mortality at 180 days in selected patients with AHF.

Effect of serelaxin on mode of death in acute heart failure: results from the RELAX-AHF study / Felker, G. Michael; Teerlink, John R; Butler, Javed; Hernandez, Adrian F; Miller, Alan B; Cotter, Gad; Davison, Beth A; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Greenberg, Barry H; Ponikowski, Piotr; Voors, Adriaan A; Hua, Tsushung A; Severin, Thomas M; Unemori, Elaine; Metra, Marco. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 1558-3597. - 64:15(2014), pp. 1591-1598. [10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.071]

Effect of serelaxin on mode of death in acute heart failure: results from the RELAX-AHF study

METRA, Marco
2014-01-01

Abstract

Little is known about mode of death after acute heart failure (AHF) hospitalization. In the RELAX-AHF (Efficacy and Safety of Relaxin for the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure) study, serelaxin, the recombinant form of human relaxin-2, reduced post-discharge mortality at 180 days in selected patients with AHF.
2014
cause of death
heart failure
relaxin
sudden cardiac death
Acute Disease
Aged
Cause of Death
Death
Sudden
Cardiac
Dose-Response Relationship
Drug
Double-Blind Method
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Failure
Humans
Injections
Intravenous
Male
Prospective Studies
Recombinant Proteins
Relaxin
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome
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