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US 11,077,137 B2Granted
Method for treating diastolic heart failure by inhibiting galectin-3
AssigneeHenry Ford Health System
InventorHani N. Sabbah
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Abstract
A method for treating diastolic heart failure is provided including identifying a subject having diastolic heart failure and administering a therapeutically effective amount of a galectin-3 inhibitor to the subject to at least partially alleviate a symptom of diastolic heart failure.
Claims11
A method for treating heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in a subject in need thereof, the subject having a left ventricular ejection fraction of greater than 45% before treatment, the method comprising:
- administering a therapeutically effective amount of a modified pectin to the subject, the modified pectin having a molecular weight of between about 5 kDa and about 50 kDa.
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