2 results about "Acute cardiac failure" patented technology

The present invention discloses the use of a compound of formula I sertaconazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating oxidative stress-related cardiovascular diseases. Specifically, the present invention relates to the use of said compound in the preparation of a medicament for preventing or treating oxidative stress-related vascular diseases, including but not limited to acute coronary syndrome, alcoholic heart dysfunction, hypoxic pulmonary arterial hypertension, heart failure, drug-induced cardiotoxicity and stroke, especially acute heart failure.

This disclosure provides methods and devices for evaluating a patient's heath by assessing the patient's thermoregulatory response to heat. For example, methods include applying heat to patient skin and measuring rate of temperature change. If the rate of temperature change exceeds a pre-determined threshold, the patient can be identified as suffering from acute heart failure.