Pub. Date : 2005 Aug 1
PMID : 16054474
1 Functional Relationships(s)Download |
Sentence | Compound Name | Protein Name | Organism |
| 1 | In this randomized, placebo-controlled study, it was found that a 24-hour levosimendan infusion improves echocardiographic markers of abnormal left ventricular diastolic function (transmitral flow patterns and mitral annulus velocities, as assessed by transthoracic pulse-wave Doppler and tissue Doppler imaging, respectively) and reduces substances of excessive neurohormonal activation (plasma B-type natriuretic peptide and interleukin-6) in patients with advanced heart failure. | Simendan | interleukin 6 | Homo sapiens |