Treatment of Heart Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death
申请人:Rhode Island Hospital
公开号:US20150005269A1
公开(公告)日:2015-01-01
A method of reducing heart failure or preventing sudden cardiac death in a subject in need thereof is carried out by administering a composition comprising a compound that increases cellular level of Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca
2+
-ATPase 2a (SERCA2a). The invention represents a significant breakthrough in the treatment or prevention of chronic heart failure. The invention is based upon the discovery that a Mifepristone molecule increases the cellular level of SERCA2a protein.
[EN] TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH<br/>[FR] TRAITEMENT DE L'INSUFFISANCE CARDIAQUE ET DE LA MORT SUBITE D'ORIGINE CARDIAQUE
申请人:RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
公开号:WO2013103687A2
公开(公告)日:2013-07-11
A method of reducing heart failure or preventing sudden cardiac death in a subject in need thereof is carried out by administering a composition comprising a compound that increases cellular level of Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 2a (SERCA2a). The invention represents a significant breakthrough in the treatment or prevention of chronic heart failure. The invention is based upon the discovery that a Mifepristone molecule increases the cellular level of SERCA2a protein.