Lessons from the TOPCAT Trial

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作者
McMurray, John J. V. [1 ]
O'Connor, Christopher [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Glasgow, British Heart Fdn Cardiovasc Res Ctr, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Durham, NC USA
关键词
PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART-FAILURE; OUTCOMES;
D O I
10.1056/NEJMe1401231
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Some patients with the clinical syndrome of heart failure have a normal or near-normal left ventricular ejection fraction.(1)-(3) To date, no treatment has been shown to improve outcomes in this condition, usually designated heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction.(2),(3) The care of such patients can be difficult and is typically limited to efforts to relieve symptoms. Mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonists such as spironolactone are highly efficacious in patients with heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction.(4),(5) Pitt et al. now report in the Journal the findings of a trial comparing spironolactone with placebo in patients with heart failure ...
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