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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Cardiorentis Ag, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
Veselin Mitrovic, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Hartmut Luss, Hannover, DE;
Wolf-Georg Forssmann, Hannover, DE;
Markus Meyer, Hannover, DE;
Klaus Dohler, Hannover, DE;
Assignee:
Cardiorentis AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/26 (2006.01); A61K 38/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/2242 (2013.01); A61K 47/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of a natriurectic peptide, such as urodilatin, for treating a patient suffering from heart failure, such as acute decompensated heart failure. Preferably, a composition comprising an effective amount of urodilatin is intravenously administered to the patient continuously through a time period of at least 24 hours and up to 120 hours, preferably at least 48 hours.