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Isosorbide dinitrate-hydralazine improves outcomes in African Americans with heart failure. 2007

Monica Colvin-Adams, and Anne L Taylor

Cardiac Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

The African American Heart Failure Trial (A-HeFT) found that African American patients with advanced heart failure fared better if the fixed-dose combination of isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine was added to their regimen, which for most of them already included an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB), a beta-blocker, and a diuretic (N Engl J Med 2004; 351:2049-2057). This placebo-controlled trial was the first to evaluate a therapy in a specific racial group, and it points the way to a more individualized approach to heart failure therapy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007548	Isosorbide Dinitrate	A vasodilator used in the treatment of ANGINA PECTORIS. Its actions are similar to NITROGLYCERIN but with a slower onset of action.	Cardonit 40,Dilatrate,Iso-Bid,Isodinit,Isoket,Isoket Retard-120,Isomak R,Isordil,Isotrate,Nitrosorbide,Sorbitrate,Sorbonit,Dinitrate, Isosorbide,Iso Bid,IsoBid,Isoket Retard 120,Isoket Retard120
D001741	Black or African American	A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.	African American,African Americans,African-American,Afro-American,Afro-Americans,Black Americans,Blacks,Negroes,African-Americans,Negro,Afro American,Afro Americans,American, African,American, Black,Black American
D004338	Drug Combinations	Single preparations containing two or more active agents, for the purpose of their concurrent administration as a fixed dose mixture.	Drug Combination,Combination, Drug,Combinations, Drug
D006333	Heart Failure	A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. Heart failure can be caused by structural defects, functional abnormalities (VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION), or a sudden overload beyond its capacity. Chronic heart failure is more common than acute heart failure which results from sudden insult to cardiac function, such as MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.	Cardiac Failure,Heart Decompensation,Congestive Heart Failure,Heart Failure, Congestive,Heart Failure, Left-Sided,Heart Failure, Right-Sided,Left-Sided Heart Failure,Myocardial Failure,Right-Sided Heart Failure,Decompensation, Heart,Heart Failure, Left Sided,Heart Failure, Right Sided,Left Sided Heart Failure,Right Sided Heart Failure
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006830	Hydralazine	A direct-acting vasodilator that is used as an antihypertensive agent.	Hydrallazin,Apresoline,Apressin,Apressoline,Hydralazine Hydrochloride,Hydralazine mono-Hydrochloride,Hydrazinophthalazine,Nepresol,Hydralazine mono Hydrochloride,Hydrochloride, Hydralazine,mono-Hydrochloride, Hydralazine
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D016896	Treatment Outcome	Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.	Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes