PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kuznar, Wayne
ED  - Gheorghiade, Mihai
TI  - ASTRONAUT Study: Aliskiren Does Not Improve Postdischarge Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Chronic Heart Failure
DP  - 2013 May 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 26--27
VI  - 13
IP  - 2
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/2/26.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/2/26.full
AB  - Aliskiren in addition to standard therapy does not reduce cardiovascular death or heart failure (HF) rehospitalization in patients hospitalized for HF with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. This article presents data from the Six Months Efficacy and Safety of Aliskiren Therapy on Top of Standard Therapy, on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure trial [ASTRONAUT; Gheorghiade M et al. JAMA 2013].