From Dallas, Texas, at a meeting of the American Heart Association
A drug called levosimendan, in combination with standard drugs, eases symptoms in patients hospitalized for heart failure better than do those drugs alone, scientists report. Heart failure, which affects 5 million people in the United States, is marked by the organ’s inability to beat vigorously.
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