摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of treating the heart failure with normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (HFnEF).SOLUTION: The invention relates to perhexiline (2-(2,2-dicyclohexylethyl)piperidine), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of HfnEF, and to a method for treating HFnEF, which comprises administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of perhexiline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to treat HFnEF. The invention further relates to a treatment program for treating HFnEF, which involves the co-use or co-administration of perhexiline with one or more other compounds that are advantageous in treating HFnEF or symptoms thereof. |