Cardiac Myosin Activation with Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Systolic Heart Failure


Teerlink J. R., Diaz R., Felker G. M., Mcmurray J. J. V., Metra M., Solomon S. D., ...More

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, vol.384, no.2, pp.105-116, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 384 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1056/nejmoa2025797
  • Journal Name: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, AgeLine, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, CINAHL, Educational research abstracts (ERA), EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Gender Studies Database, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, MEDLINE, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.105-116
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Among patients with heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction, those who received the cardiac myosin activator omecamtiv mecarbil had a lower incidence of a composite of heart-failure events or cardiovascular death at a median of 22 months than those who received placebo.