TREATMENT OF DYSPNEA ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE WITH RELAXIN

摘要

The invention describes the use of a pharmaceutically active H2 relaxin in the manufacture of a medicament for treating dyspnea associated with acute heart failure, as well as in the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure in a human subject, wherein the subject is in a hypertensive or normotensive state. Also disclosed is a method for treating dyspnea associated with acute heart failure in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutically active H2 relaxin in an effective amount, wherein the subject is a human in a hypertensive or normotensive state.